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"It was a maxim of Pythagoras that the two most excellent things for man were to speak the truth, and to render benefits to each other."

January 1, 1970

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Mystics Philosophers from Greece Mathematicians from Greece Founders of religions Presocratic philosophers

Original Language: English

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Joseph Dame Weeks, History of the Knights of Pythias, with an Account of the Life and Times of Damon and Pythias (1874) Note: The bolded portion of this has sometimes been presented as a quote of Pythagoras, but has not been found in this form in any existing translations of his statements.

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Joseph Dame Weeks, History of the Knights of Pythias, with an Account of the Life and Times of Damon and Pythias (1874) Note: The bolded portion of this has sometimes been presented as a quote of Pythagoras, but has not been found in this form in any existing translations of his statements.