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
sweet horse men
Oh, my fellow men, do not defile your bodies with sinful foods. We have corn, we have apples bending down the branches with their weight, and grapes swelling on the vines. There are sweet-flavored herbs, and vegetables which can be cooked and softened over the fire, nor are you denied milk or thyme-scented honey. The earth affords a lavish supply of riches, of innocent foods, and offers you banquets that involve no bloodshed or slaughter; only beasts satisfy their hunger with flesh, and not even all of those, because horses, cattle, and sheep live on grass.
art good human life momentous soul winning
The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
leave others rest satisfied talk
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.
communication men acting
Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
justice may realms
Without Justice, no realm may prosper.
law numbers unity
Evolution is the Law of Life Number is the Law of the Universe Unity is the Law of God
ability
Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
inspirational gold
He buries gold who hides the truth.
opposites elements music-is
Music is the harmonization of opposites; the conciliation of warring elements
suicide men quitting
We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.
exercise
Let exercise alternate with rest.
sea crabs wit
As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.
age youth sin
So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.