Pythagoras - Body Quotes

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Order thyself so, that thy Soul may always be in good estate; whatsoever become of thy body.

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It is requisite to choose the most excellent life; for custom will make it pleasant. Wealth is an infirm anchor, glory is still more infirm; and in a similar manner, the body, dominion, and honour. For all these are imbecile and powerless. What then are powerful anchors. Prudence, magnanimity, fortitude. These no tempest can shake. This is the Law of God, that virtue is the only thing that is strong; and that every thing else is a trifle.

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Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul.

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Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.

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A wound from a tongue is worse than a wound from a sword: for the latter affects only the body, the former the spirit.

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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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