The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASConcern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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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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Virtue is harmony.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.
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Friends share all things.
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Number rules the universe.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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