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Silence is better than unmeaning words. - Pythagoras

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Silence is better than unmeaning words.

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Author Profession: Mathematician

Nationality: Greek

Born: 582 BC

Died: 497 BC

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Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Archimedes, Alfred North Whitehead, Charles Babbage, Alan Turing, Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert

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Better, Silence, Than, Words

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Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself. Pythagoras

Light, Shadow, Cloud, Things, Star

There is geometry in the humming of the strings, there is music in the spacing of the spheres. Pythagoras

Music, Geometry, Strings, Humming

Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. Pythagoras

Be Strong, Soul, Strong, Body, Choose

The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought. Pythagoras

Words, Thought, Yes, Most, Which, Those

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Pythagoras

Life, Journey, Road, Friends, Who, Other

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman. Pythagoras

Good, Light, Man, Woman, Darkness, Evil

A thought is an idea in transit. Pythagoras

Thought, Idea, Transit

As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Pythagoras

Man, Health, Men, Peace, Long, Know

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. Pythagoras

Anger, Repentance, Begins, Folly, Ends

Beans have a soul. Pythagoras

Virtue is harmony. Pythagoras

Harmony, Virtue

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras

Strength, Passion, Mind, Your, Reason

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will. Pythagoras

Rest, You, Doing, Talk, Satisfied, Will

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few. Pythagoras

Talk, Little, Many, Much, Few, Subjects

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