The earth affords a lavish supply of richess 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… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
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… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. — Pythagoras Copy Share
Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth… — Pythagoras Copy Share
“As long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot reap the… — Pythagoras Copy Share
We ought so to behave to one another as to avoid making enemies of our friends, and at the same time to make friends… — Pythagoras Copy Share
If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if… — Pythagoras Copy Share
Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. — Pythagoras Copy Share
If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our… — Pythagoras Copy Share
The oldest, shortest words - yes and o - are those which require the most thought. — Pythagoras Copy Share
When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple. — Pythagoras Copy Share
