Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
PYTHAGORASAs soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.
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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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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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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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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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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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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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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Virtue is harmony.
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Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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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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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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