Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance.
—Pythagoras
Topics: Anger
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
—Pythagoras
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
—Pythagoras
Topics: Silence
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
—Pythagoras
Topics: Words
A wound from a tongue is worse than a wound from a sword; for the latter affects only the body, the former the spirit.
—Pythagoras
Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten.
—Pythagoras
Topics: Wisdom
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