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It is fitting that men know only those wives. Moreover, women should not corrupt their lineage through the blame and malice of those living with them. Furthermore, they should consider the woman received from her household original: "ablaribus," likely a corruption of "a laribus," referring to the household gods or the family home with a promise as if she were a suppliant at the hearth of the gods original Greek: ἱκέτιν ἐφέστιον τῶν θεῶν. By this order, she should become an example of constancy both to those in the house where she lives and to those in the city. She must provide for everyone and ensure she does not stray in any way; not so that she is found hiding out of fear of legal punishments, but rather, out of a sense of shame, they might pursue justice through the manner of noble goodness noble goodness: original Greek "kalokagathia," the classical ideal of a gentleman or lady who is both physically beautiful and morally virtuous.

However, to disregard the just in their actions is a waste of time; for nothing contributes more to the good than the right opportunity in every action. He defined the greatest of injuries as the tearing apart original Greek: διασπᾶν (diaspan) of children and parents from one another. He said it is necessary to consider those best who have the power within themselves to provide for what is suitable. The second best is the one who considers what is useful to himself through the thoughts of others. The worst is he who, lest he suffer evils, rejects the sense of the good.

He said that those who desire glory will not go astray if they imitate those who are crowned in races; for they do not harm or hinder those running with them, but rather they desire to attain victory. He also said it was fitting for citizens not to try to cause trouble for the magistrates in their duties by contradicting them, but rather to bring utility to those who listen. He ordered that he who wants true glory should be such as he wishes to seem. For a sacred counsel does not exist merely for praise, since the use of counsel extends only to men; however, the use of praise extends also to the gods, and much more so.

Pythagoras believed that everything consists of and is moved by musical harmony. He believed that by various musical melodies, the various motions of the soul are both stirred up and calmed; and he demonstrated this by experience.

The Acusmata Acusmata: literally 'things heard,' these were the oral precepts or symbolic sayings of the Pythagorean school, often presented as riddles of the Pythagoreans are divided into three types: some say "what it is," some "what is most [so]," and others "what ought to be done" or "not done," which signify what such things are.