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Music is the harmonization of opposites the conciliation of warring elements

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Pythagoras
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Music Theorist
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Pythagoras of Samos
Pythagoras from Samos
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Astonishing! Everything is intelligent!
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If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience.
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Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot be shaken by a tempest.
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons.
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Don't try to cover your mistakes with false words. Rather, correct your mistakes with examination.
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Above all things, reverence yourself.
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When the wise man opens his mouth, the beauties of his soul present themselves to the view, like the statues in a temple.
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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.
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A stranger, if just, is not only to be preferred before a countryman, but a kinsman.
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There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
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So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom.
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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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A fool is known by his speech and a wise man by silence.
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