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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (160)
May the right time precede your words.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (86)
Put all words to the test before you utter them.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CX (12)
May my mouth be potent there, let me there utter my Words of Power and not be slighted
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 31 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (19)
Let them hear Him who conceived of the Righteous Order for the worlds, the (all)-wise One, O Ahura! For truthful speech He rules with absolute sway...
Enuma Elish
Tablet III (64)
"'May the word of my lips never be changed nor made of no avail.'
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXXI (29)
Mayest thou prosper and fulfil the vow which thou hast vowed; and put not off thy vow; for thou wilt be called to account as touching the vow; now...
Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (25)
Let it be more eligible to you to throw a stone in vain, than to utter an idle word. Pythagoras. Stob. p. 215.
Enuma Elish
Tablet III (122)
"'May the word of [my lips] never be changed nor made of no avail.'
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XXI (3)
Give me my mouth that I may speak with it; and guide my heart at its hour of Darkness and Night
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IX: Reasons for Veiling the Truth in Symbols. (6)
"To win the flowers of fair renown from men, Be not induced to speak aught more than right."
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XXXIX (14)
Let no evil hindrances come forth against me from thy mouth in what thou doest towards me
Book of Enoch
Chapter LXXXI (7)
Let thy heart be strong, For the good shall announce righteousness to the good; The righteous with the righteous shall rejoice, And shall offer...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XIV (1)
Hail to thee, oh god who sendest forth the Moment, who presidest over all the Secret things, and protectest the utterance of my words
Enuma Elish
Tablet II (44)
"'[Thy command shall not be without avail], and the [word] of thy mouth shall be established.'
The Masnavi
Bayazid and his impious sayings when beside himself (61-69)
Close then your lips, though eloquence be possible. Keep silence; God knows the right way! The Prophet said, "O ye who regard only the outside, Many...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (18)
Wish that those things which labor ought to precede, may be possessed by you after labor. Be not anxious to please the multitude.
Enuma Elish
Tablet IV (9)
"Established shall be the word of thy mouth, irresistible shall be thy command
Enuma Elish
Tablet I (122)
"Thy command shall not be without avail, and[the word of thy mouth shall be established]."
Dhammapada
Chapter IV: Flowers (52)
But, like a beautiful flower, full of colour and full of scent, are the fine and fruitful words of him who acts accordingly.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter LXIV (35)
May I be under shelter from the warlike handed god who cometh behind me, may my flesh be sound and may my glories be a protection to the limbs of one...
Enuma Elish
Tablet III (48)
"'Thy command shall not be without avail, and the word of [thy] mouth shall be established.'
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