Pythagoras Quotes

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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 spacings of the spheres.

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The oldest, shortest words— "yes" and "no"— are those which require the most thought.

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The learning of many things does not teach intelligence.

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Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.

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It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

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When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.

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It is only necessary to make war with five things; with the maladies of the body, the ignorances of the mind, with the passions of the body, with the seditions of the city and the discords of families.

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Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.

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Tell not abroad what thou intendest to do; for if thou speed not, thou shalt be mocked!

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It is not proper either to have a blunt sword or to use freedom of speech ineffectually.
Neither is the sun to be taken from the world, nor freedom of speech from erudition.

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Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.

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When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple

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By the air which I breathe, and by the water which I drink, I will not endure to be blamed on account of this discourse.

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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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Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.

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Know that death comes to everyone, and that wealth will sometimes be acquired, sometimes lost. Whatever griefs mortals suffer by divine chance, whatever destiny you have, endure it and do not complain. But it is right to improve it as much as you can, and remember this: Fate does not give very many of these griefs to good people.

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Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

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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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Happy is that City that hath a wise man to govern it.

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There is no word or action but has its echo in Eternity.
Thought is an Idea in transit, which when once released, never can be lured back, nor the spoken word recalled. Nor ever can the overt act be erased All that thou thinkest, sayest, or doest bears perpetual record of itself, enduring for Eternity.

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It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.

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You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles. Such is the fate that harms their minds; like pebbles they are tossed about from one thing to another with cares unceasing. For the dread companion Strife harms them unawares, whom one must not walk behind, but withdraw from and flee.

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Take not thine enemy for thy friend; nor thy friend for thine enemy!

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Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine,
And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.

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