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“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
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“Souls never die, but always on quitting one abode pass to another. All things change, nothing perishes. The soul passes hither and thither, occupying now this body, now that . . . As a wax is stamped with certain figures, then melted, then stamped anew with others, yet it is always the same wax. So, the Soul being always the same, yet wears at different times different forms.”
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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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“Allow not sleep to close your eyes
Before three times reflecting on
Your actions of the day. What deeds
Done well, what not, what left undone?”
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“You should make great things, not promising great things.”
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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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“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.”
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“It is difficult to walk at one and the same time many paths of life.”
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“There is geometry in the humming of the string.”
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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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“Power is the near neighbour of necessity.”
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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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“As soon as you awake, in order lay
the actions to be done the coming day”
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“Should one in boldness say, Lo, I am God!
Besides the One--Eternal--Infinite,
Then let him from the throne he has usurped
Put forth his power and form another globe,
Such as we dwell in, saying, This is mine.
Nor only so, but in this new domain
For ever let him dwell. if this he can,
Then verily he is a god proclaimed.”
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“Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.”
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“Do not take roads traveled by the public.”
Pythagoras
“There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.”
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“every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles”
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“A fool is known by his speech, and a wise man by silence.”
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“El que habla, siembra. El que escucha, recoge.”
Pitagoras
“no man should quit his post but at the command of his General; that is, of God himself.”
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“Ama a verdade até o martírio.”
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“As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.”
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“Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name philosophers, and they value the contemplation and discovery of nature beyond all other pursuits.”
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“A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.”
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“Целият живот на мъдреца не стига да напише толкова листа, колкото биха могли да се прочетат с полза за един ден.”
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“Двете най-леки за изговаряне думи "да" и "не" изискват най-много размишление.”
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“Learn silence. With the quiet serenity of a meditative mind, listen, absorb, transcribe, and transform.”
Pythagoras, The Golden Verses of Pythagoras
“Ex pede Herculem.

"From his foot, [we can measure] Hercules", is a maxim of proportionality inspired by an experiment attributed to Pythagoras.”
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