Did Pythagoras really say 'Don't mix a fire with a knife.'?

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Don't mix a fire with a knife.

— Pythagoras Ancient · Pythagorean theorem, mathematics

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"A thought is an idea in transit."

"Eat not fish whose tails are black."

"Don't eat your heart."

"Stop! Don't hit it! It's the soul of a friend of mine. I knew it when I heard it cry."

"Do not speak a little on many subjects, but much on a few."

A Pythagorean 'Symbol', interpreted by Diogenes Laertius as 'not inciting the rage or swollen anger of people in power'.

Date: c. 570-495 BCE (interpreted 3rd century CE)

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