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Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Pythagoras made influential contributions to philosophy and religious teaching in the late 6th century BC. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mystic and scientist, but he is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name.


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Quote Left In anger we should refrain both from speech and action. Quote Right
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Quote Left Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul. Quote Right
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Quote Left A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. Quote Right
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Quote Left Above all things, reverence yourself. Quote Right
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Quote Left Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! In the midst of such wealth as earth, the best of mothers, provides, yet nothing satisfies you, but to behave like the Cyclopes, inflicting sorry wounds with cruel teeth! You cannot appease the hungry cravings of your wicked, gluttonous stomachs except by destroying some other life. Quote Right
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