Top 140 Pythagoras Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “We come from God. As the tree from the root and the stream from the spring; that’s why we should always be in contact with Him, as the trunk from the root. Because the stream dries up when it is separated from the spring and the tree dies when is uprooted.”

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102. “Thou shalt likewise know that according to Law, the nature of this universe is in all things a like.”

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103. “Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.”

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104. “Having departed from your house, turn not back; for the furies will be your attendants.”

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105. “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.”

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106. “Instruct thyself for time and patience favor all.”

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107. “He who knoweth not what he ought to know, is a brute beast among men; he that knoweth no more than he hath need of, is a man among brute beasts; and he that knoweth all that may be known, is as a God among men.”

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108. “Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.”

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109. “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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110. “I would have to say the probability of us dying seems extremely high.”

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111. “Meditate upon my counsels; love them; follow them; To the divine virtues will they know how to lead thee. I swear it by the One who in our hearts engraved The sacred Tetrad, symbol immense and pure, Source of Nature and model of the Gods.”

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112. “A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”

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113. “Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!”

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114. “Power is the near neighbour of necessity.”

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115. “Without Justice, no realm may prosper.”

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116. “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 on grass.”

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117. “As the sea-crab swimmeth always against the stream, so doth wit always against wisdom.”

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118. “Disbelieve nothing wonderful concerning the gods, nor concerning divine dogmas.”

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119. “In this theater of man’s life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on.”

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120. “He is not rich, that enjoyeth not his own goods.”

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121. “A good Soul hath neither too great joy, nor too great sorrow: for it rejoiceth in goodness; and it sorroweth in wickedness. By the means whereof, when it beholdeth all things, and seeth the good and bad so mingled together, it can neither rejoice greatly; nor be grieved with over much sorrow.”

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122. “We ought not to quit our post without the permission of Him who commands; the post of man is life.”

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123. “Consider before acting, to avoid foolishness: It is the worthless man who speaks and acts thoughtlessly.”

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124. “You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.”

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125. “Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.”

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126. “Abstain from animals.”

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127. “Those alone are dear to Divinity who are hostile to injustice.”

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128. “Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine.”

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129. “Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case.”

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130. “There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.”

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131. “Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.”

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132. “Wind indeed increases fire, but custom love.”

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133. “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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134. “You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.”

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135. “Meaningful silence is better than meaningless words.”

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136. “So tutor youth that the sins of age be not imputed to thee.”

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137. “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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138. “Let a man use great reverence and manners to himself.”

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139. “Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.”

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140. “One must choose in all things a mean just and good.”

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141. “Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.”

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142. “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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143. “He lived far from the gods, but in his mind he was at home with them.”

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144. “A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.”

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145. “Do not take roads traveled by the public.”

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