Pythagoras Quotes on Virtue
Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher and mathematician born on the island of Samos around 570 BC. This page collects quotes attributed to Pythagoras on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Friends share all things.”
κοινὰ τὰ φίλων εἶναι καὶ φιλίαν ἰσότητα. -
“Above all things, reverence yourself.”
Above all things reverence thy Self . -
“Silence is better than unmeaning words.”
λόγον περὶ θεοῦ σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ προπετῶς διαλέγεσθαι. (In talk about God, silence is better than reckless words.) (Sextus 366) -
“Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.”
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern (1908) by Tyron Edwards, p. 101 -
“Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.”
Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)