The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.
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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
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Number rules the universe.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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