Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
PYTHAGORASIf 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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Above all things, respect yourself.
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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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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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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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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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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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Don’t try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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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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He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
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Know thyself and thou wilt know the universe.
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Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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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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No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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It is better to be silent, than to dispute with the Ignorant.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.
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Evolution is the Law of Life. Number is the Law of the Universe. Unity is the Law of God.
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