Okay, so maybe this isn’t strictly mathematical per se… But the Pythagorean maxims (or symbols) form a sort of “Rules of the Good Life” according to one of Ancient Greece’s most amazing (and interesting) mathematicians:
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We use here the translation featured at the “Homage to Pythagoras” website.
The “mallow” of #13 we can assume to be the same malva sylvestris known to the Ancient Greeks as “omnimorbium” (Remedy of All Illnesses).