Pythagoras Quotes

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself

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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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Reason is immortal, all else mortal.

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In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.

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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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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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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.

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Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

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As 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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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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Above all reverence yourself.

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Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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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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A thought Is an idea in transit.

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Pythagoras Biography

Born: 570 B.C.E.
Died: 495 B.C.E.

Pythagoras was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematican. He is widely known for his theorem, the Pythagorean theorem.
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