“No man is free who cannot control himself.”
The quote "No man is free who cannot control himself." is famous quote attributed to Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher.
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ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585–-495 BCRelated quotes
“I cannot consent to place in the control of others one who cannot control himself.”
Comment regarding officers who became inebriated, as quoted in Personal Reminiscences, Anecdotes, and Letters of Gen. Robert E. Lee (1874) by John William Jones, p. 170
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
“Who himself cannot control
Why should he o'er others rule?”
Quem não é senhor de si
Porque o será de ninguém?
Farsa dos Físicos (1512?), tr. Aubrey F. G. Bell
“A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.”
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Thinking
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
In Search of the Miraculous (1949)
L 98
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook L (1793-1796)
[2003, Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism, World Wisdom, 220, 978-0-94153227-3]
Spiritual life, Happiness