There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. Pythagoras More Quotes by Pythagoras More Quotes From Pythagoras A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy. Pythagoras kissingblowenemy There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit. Pythagoras griefeyetwo You should make great things, not promising great things. Pythagoras great-thingsshould Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods. Pythagoras tonguefollowing Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained. Pythagoras noblemenmean Government exists only for the good of the governed. Pythagoras government Despise all those things which when liberated from the body you will not want; invoke the Gods to become your helpers. Pythagoras despisebodywant 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. Pythagoras passiontruthmen 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. Pythagoras sacredvirtueheart He buries gold who hides the truth. Pythagoras goldinspirational 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. Pythagoras maymenneeds Number was the substance of all things. Pythagoras substancemathnumbers 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. Pythagoras gratitudesufferingmen Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable. Pythagoras decisionmayway Power is the near neighbour of necessity. Pythagoras neighbour Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. Pythagoras stay-strongstrengthinspirational Ability and necessity dwell near each other. Pythagoras ability Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. Pythagoras pythagorean-theoremcommunicationwisdom 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. Pythagoras souljoymean If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests, and barbarously renew Cyclopean feasts? While Earth not only can your needs supply, but, lavish of her store, provides for luxury; a guiltless feast administers with ease, and without blood is prodigal to please. Pythagoras breathingmenblood
