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.
PYTHAGORASThere is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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Salt is born of the purest parents: the sun and the sea.
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Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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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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Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes.
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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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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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You should make great things, not promising great things.
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Friends share all things.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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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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