Pythagoras: Man
Pythagoras was ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on man.“A fool is known by his Speech; and a wise man by Silence.”
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“By Silence, the discretion of a man is known: and a fool, keeping Silence, seemeth to be wise.”
The Sayings of the Wise (1555)
“Man know thyself; then thou shalt know the Universe and God.”
As quoted in Fragments of Reality: Daily Entries of Lived Life (2006) by Peter Cajander, p. 109
"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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“In this theater of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.”
Francis Bacon, in The Advancement of Learning (1605) Book II, xx, 8.
Misattributed
As reported by Alexander Polyhistor, and Diogenes Laërtius in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 30, in the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853)
"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
Florilegium
“Not frequently man from man.”
As quoted in the translation of Thomas Taylor (1818); This has been interpreted as being an exhortation to moderation in homosexual liaisons.
Florilegium
“Assist a man in raising a burden; but do not assist him in laying it down.”
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The Symbols
Attribution to Pythagoras by Ovid, as quoted in The Extended Circle: A Dictionary of Humane Thought (1985) by Jon Wynne-Tyson, p. 260; also in Vegetarian Times, No. 168 (August 1991), p. 4