The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
PYTHAGORASThere is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Number rules the universe.
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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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Friends share all things.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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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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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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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Above all things, respect 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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