"All was numbers." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"everything changes, nothing is lost" (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Hearing and keeping silence, you become a wise man. The beginning of wisdom is silence." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Number rules the universe." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"Number was the substance of all things." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"The first elements of wisdom: you should study to reflect and to lose your ability to chat." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"The learning of many things does not teach intelligence […]." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
"There is geometry in the humming of the strings; there is music in the spacing of the spheres." (Pythagoras of Samos, cca. 6th century BC)
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