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Pythagoras
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Not frequently man from man.
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As quoted in the translation of Thomas Taylor (1818); This has been interpreted as being an exhortation to moderation in homosexual liaisons.
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It is not proper either to have a blunt sword or to use freedom of speech ineffectually. Neither is the sun to be taken from the world, nor freedom of speech from erudition.
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As quoted in the translation of Thomas Taylor (1818)
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None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.
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As quoted in Florilegium, XVIII, 23, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 368 | No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. | As translated by Nicholas Rowe(1732) | No man is free who cannot comm
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Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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Remind yourself that all men assert that wisdom is the greatest good, but that there are few who strenuously seek out that greatest good.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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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.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.
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"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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