It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
PYTHAGORASAnger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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Number rules the universe.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought.
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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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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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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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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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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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