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
communication men acting
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
suicide men quitting
We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
men burden
Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.
life angel men
In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
men order made
Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
men blood breathing
If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please.
gratitude men suffering
You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.
hero men parent
Respect gods before demigods, heroes before men, and first among men your parents; but respect yourself most of all.
truth passion men
Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.
men anchors law
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.
horse men soul
Neither will the horse be adjudged to be generous, that is sumptuously adorned, but the horse whose nature is illustrious; nor is the man worthy who possesses great wealth, but he whose soul is generous.
men
Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
men use manners
Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.
mean men noble
Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.