Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
Pythagoras (c.570 BC - c.495 BC) Greek mathematician and philosopher
(Attributed)
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Pythagoras
A wound from a tongue is worse than a wound from a sword; for the latter affects only the body, the former, the spirit, the soul.
Pythagoras (c.570 BC - c.495 BC) Greek mathematician and philosopher
(Attributed)
Cited in James Comper Gray, The Biblical Museum, Vol. 5 (1878)
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Pythagoras (c.570 BC - c.495 BC) Greek mathematician and philosopher
(Attributed)
The greatest strength and wealth is self-control.
Pythagoras (c.570 BC - c.495 BC) Greek mathematician and philosopher
(Attributed)
(Source)
Quoted in Hobart Huson, Pythagoras (1947).