Ability and necessity dwell near 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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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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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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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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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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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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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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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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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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