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Pythagoras

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“I was Euphorbus at the siege of Troy.”
Pythagoras (583–491 BC) said by 491 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As reported by Heraclides Ponticus (c. 360 BC), and Diogenes Laërtius (Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 4), and quoted in Cosmic Optimism: A Study of the Interpretation of Evolution (1949)…
“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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Recorded in: As reported by Heraclides Ponticus (c. 360 BC), and Diogenes Laërtius, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 6, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
“Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.”
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Recorded in: As reported by Heraclides, son of Sarapion, and Diogenes Laërtius, in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 7, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
“Τὴν δ' ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴν διῃρῆσθαι τριχῆ, εἴς τε νοῦν καὶ φρένας καὶ θυμόν. νοῦν μὲν οὖν καὶ θυμὸν εἶναι καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῴοις, φρένας δὲ μόνον ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ.”
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Recorded in: As reported by Alexander Polyhistor, and Diogenes Laërtius in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 30, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
“ἀλλήλοις θ᾽ ὁμιλεῖν, ὡς τοὺς μὲν φίλους ἐχθροὺς μὴ ποιῆσαι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐχθροὺς φίλους ἐργάσασθαι. ἴδιόν τε μηδὲν ἡγεῖσθαι.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 23, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 320
“ἐν ὀργῇ μήτε τι λέγειν μήτε πράσσειν”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 23–24, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 370
“Reason is immortal, all else mortal.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Sect. 30, as translated by Robert Drew Hicks (1925); also in The Demon and the Quantum: From the Pythagorean Mystics to Maxwell's Demon (2007) by Robert J. Scully…
“The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or to evil.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, as translated by Robert Drew Hicks (1925)
“κοινὰ τὰ φίλων εἶναι καὶ φιλίαν ἰσότητα.”
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“Power is the near neighbour of necessity.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Aurea Carmina (8) by Hierocles of Alexandria, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 356
“Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Life of Pythagoras (c. 300) by Iamblichus of Chalcis, as translated by Thomas Taylor (1818)
“Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The History of Philosophy: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Present Century (1819) by William Enfield
“None but God is wise.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Diegesis (1829) by Robert Taylor, p. 219
“λόγον περὶ θεοῦ σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ προπετῶς διαλέγεσθαι. (In talk about God, silence is better than reckless words.) (Sextus 366)”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Encyclopaedia Americana (1832) Vol. X, p. 445 edited by Francis Lieber, E. Wigglesworth, and Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review by ? Vol. IV, No. 8 (1847) by Dallas Theological Seminary, p. 107
“Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors (1853) by Everard Berkeley
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in The Biblical Museum: A Collection of Notes Explanatory, Homiletic, and Illustrative on the Holy Scriptures, Especially Designed for the Use of Ministers, Bible-students, and Sunday-school Teachers (1873) by…
“As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes‎ (1882) by Samuel Arthur Bent, p. 454
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in Gems of Thought: Being a Collection of More Than a Thousand Choice Selections, Or Aphorisms, from Nearly Four Hundred and Fifty Different Authors, and on One Hundred and Forty Different Subjects (1888). p. …
“Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors (1894) by Maturin Murray Ballou
“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 101
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 525
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 592
“There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.”
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Recorded in: Of himself, as quoted in A History of Western Philosophy (1945) by Bertrand Russell
“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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Recorded in: As quoted in Pythagoron: The Religious, Moral, and Ethical Teachings of Pythagoras (1947) by Hobart Huson, p. 99
“There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Mystery of Matter‎ (1965) edited by Louise B. Young, p. 113
“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. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.”
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Recorded in: Attribution to Pythagoras by Ovid, as quoted in The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought (1985) by Jon Wynne-Tyson, p. 260; also in Vegetarian Times, No. 168 (August 1991), p. 4
“Time is the soul of this world.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Wisdom (2002) by Desmond MacHale
“Most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth and power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Golden Ratio (2002) by Mario Livio
“Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Fragments of Reality: Daily Entries of Lived Life (2006) by Peter Cajander, p. 109
“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists‎ (2007) by James Geary, p. 118
“Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists‎ (2007) by James Geary
“Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists‎ (2007) by James Geary
“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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“Sacrifice and adore unshod.”
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“Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.”
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“Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.”
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“Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.”
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“The wind is blowing, adore the wind.”
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“Cut not fire with a sword.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes‎ (1882) by Samuel Arthur Bent, p. 455
“Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.”
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“Step not beyond the beam of the balance.”
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“Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.”
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“Eat not the heart.”
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“Eat not the brain.”
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“Abstain from animals.”
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“Above and before all things, worship GOD!”
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Recorded in: As quoted in The Sayings of the Wise: Or, Food for Thought: A Book of Moral Wisdom, Gathered from the Ancient Philosophers (1555) by William Baldwin [1908 edition]
“Above all things reverence thy Self.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)
“Work at these things, practice them, these are the things you ought to desire; they are what will put you on the path of divine virtue — yes, by the one who entrusted our soul with the tetraktys, source of ever-flowing nature. Pray to the gods for success and get to work.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)
“Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Divine Harmony: The Life and Teachings of Pythagoras by John Strohmeier and Peter Westbrook. (1999)