Strange & Unusual Sayings
1,654 sayings found from the Ancient era
Beans look like the gates of Hades.
Beans look like the gates of Hades.
Sacrifice an odd number to the celestial gods, and to the infernal an even.
Sacrifice an odd number to the celestial gods, and to the infernal an even.
Eat not the matrix of animals.
Eat not the matrix of animals.
Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.
Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.
Eat not fish whose tails are black.
Eat not fish whose tails are black.
Spit upon the parings of your nails, and the clippings of your hair.
Spit upon the parings of your nails, and the clippings of your hair.
The Monad (Unity) is the principle of stability since it preserves the identity of any number that it interacts with.
The Monad (Unity) is the principle of stability since it preserves the identity of any number that it interacts with.
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.
Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
Do not go to bed until you have gone over the day three times in your mind. What wrong did I do? What good did I accomplish? What did I forget to do?
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.