No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
PYTHAGORASLet no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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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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A thought is an idea in transit.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
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Number rules the universe.
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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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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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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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