If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
PYTHAGORASA fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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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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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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Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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A thought is an idea in transit.
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A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.
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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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Friends share all things.
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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