“Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. Science is got by diligence; but Discretion and Wisdom cometh of GOD.”

—  Pythagoras

The Sayings of the Wise (1555), p. 128

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ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585–-495 BC

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