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“You should help a man to take up a burden, but you should not help him put it back down.”

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Pythagoras, born in 571 BC in Greece, was a renowned Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and music theorist. He founded the Pythagorean school, which had a profound impact on the fields of mathematics and philosophy. more

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