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.
PYTHAGORASAs long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
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Friends share all things.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the joy of love.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends of our enemies.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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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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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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