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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Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.
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The wind is blowing. Adore the wind.
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You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
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When going to the temple to adore Divinity neither say nor do any thing in the interim pertaining to the common affairs of life.
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Don't disarrange my circles!
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A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.
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Above all have respect for yourself.
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The beginning of every government starts with the education of our youth.
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Above all things, respect yourself.
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So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
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Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent.
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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.
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Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
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Time is the soul of this world.