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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus (1904)
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.
Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus (1904)
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus (1904)
As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes (1882)
Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus (1904)
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus (1904)
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion.
Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.
Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007)
There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.
Power is the near neighbour of necessity.
Above and before all things, worship GOD!
It was Pythagoras who first called heaven kosmos, because it is perfect, and "adorned" with infinite beauty and living beings.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.
When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.