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.
PYTHAGORASPractice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in few!
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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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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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Above all things, respect 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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If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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Virtue is harmony.
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Numbers have a way of taking a man by the hand and leading him down the path of reason.
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Let no one persuade you by word or deed to do or say whatever is not best for you.
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