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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.


Pythagoras

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PYTHAGORAS No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself.
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PYTHAGORAS Silence is better than unmeaning words.
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PYTHAGORAS Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.
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PYTHAGORAS In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
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PYTHAGORAS Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
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PYTHAGORAS Beans have a soul.
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PYTHAGORAS Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few.
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