Pythagoras
Pythagoras
Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and has been credited as the founder of the movement called Pythagoreanism. Most of the information about Pythagoras was written down centuries after he lived, so very little reliable information is known about him. He was born on the island of Samos, and traveled, visiting Egypt and Greece, and maybe India, and in 520 BC returned to Samos. Around 530 BC, he moved to Croton, in Magna Graecia, and there established...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionMathematician
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Evolution is the Law of Life Number is the Law of the Universe Unity is the Law of God
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Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
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Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.
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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
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Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will
silence hazards useless
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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Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
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Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
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Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
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He buries gold who hides the truth.
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Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements
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We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
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Let exercise alternate with rest.