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Man Quotes by Pythagoras
- The wise man should be prepared for everything that does not lie within his control.
- Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.
- Every man has been made by God in order to acquire knowledge and contemplate.
- The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man…
- Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.
- You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.
- We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is 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…
- Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.
- There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
- In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.
- When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
- No man is free who cannot control himself.
- A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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