Strange & Unusual Sayings

1,654 sayings found from the Ancient era

Beans look like the gates of Hades.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Beans look like the gates of Hades.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Sacrifice an odd number to the celestial gods, and to the infernal an even.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Sacrifice an odd number to the celestial gods, and to the infernal an even.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Eat not the matrix of animals.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (interpreted later)
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Eat not the matrix of animals.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (interpreted later)
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Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Abstain from the flesh of beasts that die of themselves.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Eat not fish whose tails are black.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Eat not fish whose tails are black.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Spit upon the parings of your nails, and the clippings of your hair.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (interpreted later)
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Spit upon the parings of your nails, and the clippings of your hair.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (interpreted later)
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The Monad (Unity) is the principle of stability since it preserves the identity of any number that it interacts with.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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The Monad (Unity) is the principle of stability since it preserves the identity of any number that it interacts with.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and daemons.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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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.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (reported 3rd century CE)
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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?

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE
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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?

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.

— Pythagoras c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
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