There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
PYTHAGORASAs 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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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
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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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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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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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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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