Pythagoras

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Biography : *Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: -580 - Died: -495
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Greece

Pythagoras - Quotes

Never do anything which you do not understand. But learn all you ought to know, and by that means you will lead a very pleasant life.
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There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Strength of mind rests in sobriety for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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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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life

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.
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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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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.
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There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres.
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music