[Aurora Aurea]

'Zlatne reči', od Pitagore

Foremost Honor The Immortal Deities, As The Law Demands.
2 Then Honor Thy Vows, Then The Illustrious Messengers Of Deity, Then Venerate The Divinities Of The Nether World, Due Rites Performing.
3 Then Honor Thy Progenitors, And All Thy Kindred.
4 Among Others Make The Most Virtuous Thy Friends, Love To Make Use Of Their Kind Words, And Learn From Their Practices That Are Advantageous.
5 Alienate Not The Beloved Comrade For Trivial Offenses, But Bear All Ye Can, And What Ye Can, For Autonomy Is Qualified By Circumstances.
6 Take This Well To Heart: Ye Must Gain Control Of Thine Habits, First Over Appetite, Then Slumber, Then Luxury And Anger.
7 What Brings Ye Shame, Do Not Unto Others, Nor Unto Thyself, For The Highest Of Duties Is Self Integrity.
8 Let Balanced Order Be Practiced In Words As In Deeds; Then Make The Habit To Never Act Inconsiderately.
9 Remember That Death Is Appointed To All, And Possessions Here Gladly Gathered, Must Here Be Left Behind.
10 Whatever Sorrow The Fate Of The Heavens May Here Send Us, Bear; Whatever May Befall Us Let Us Bear With Patience Unmurmuring.
11 To Relieve It, So Far As We Can, Is Permitted, But Reflect That Not Much Misfortune Has Destiny Given To The Virtuous.
12 The Opinion Of The People Is Inconsistent, Now Good, And Now Evil; So Let Them Not Intimidate Thee, Nor Keep Thee From Thy Purpose.
13 If False Slander Come To Thy Ears, Bear It In Patience, Yet That Which I Am Now Declaring, Fulfill It Faithfully.
14 Let No One With Speech Or With Deeds Ever Deceive Thee, To Do Or To Say What Is Not The Most Noble.
15 Consider Before Acting, That Nothing Stupid Result; To Act Thoughtlessly Is The Role Of A Fool.
16 Whatever Will Not Later Incur Remorse, Follow Through With.
17 Do Nothing Outside Of Thy Comprehension, Yet Learn That Which May Be Useful; Thus Shall Thy Life Grow Joyful.
18 Do Not Neglect The Health Of The Body, Keep Measure In Eating And Drinking, And Every Exercise Of The Body, And By Measure Is Meant What Will Not Later Induce Pain.
19 Follow Clean Habits Of Life, But Not The Luxurious, And Avoid All Things Which Will Arouse Envy.
20 At The Wrong Time, Never Be Unrestrained, As If Ye Did Not Know What Was Proper; Nor Show Thyself Stingy, For An Appropriate Measure Is Ever The Best.
21 Do Only Those Things Which Will Not Harm Thee, And Deliberate Before Acting.
22 Never Let Slumber Approach Thy Wearied Eyelids, Ere Thrice Ye Review What Ye That Day Have Done: Wherein Have Ye Sinned? What Did Ye? What Duty Has Been Neglected; All, From First To Last, Review.
23 If Ye Have Erred, Grieve In Thy Spirit, Rejoicing For All That Was Virtuous.
24 With Zeal And With Diligence, This Then Repeat, And Learn To Repeat It With Satisfaction, For Thus Will Ye Walk On The Paths Of Heavenly Virtue; Surely, I Swear It By They Who Into Our Souls Have Infused The Sacred Quaternary, The Seed Of Divine Nature.
25 Never Start On Thy Task Until Ye Have Implored The Blessings Of The Deities.
26 If This Practice Is Faithfully Adhered To, Soon Ye Will Recognize, Of Deities And Mortal Men, The True Nature Of Existence, How Everything Passes And Returns.
27 Then Will Ye Perceive What Is Real, How The Divine Ordering Is Always Impartial, So That Ye Hope Not For What Has No Hope, Nor That Possibilities Should Elude Thee.
28 Humans Ye Shall Observe Whose Sorrows They Themselves Have Created, Wretches Who See Not The Good That Is So Near, And Will Heed Nothing.
29 Few Know How To Help Themselves In Misfortune, That Is The Fate Which Blinds Humanity In Circles.
30 Hither And Yon They Run In Endless Sorrows, For They Are Accompanied By A Grim Companion, Even Disunion Within Themselves.
31 Unnoticed, Never Rouse Them, And Flee From Before Them!
32 Aumen-Zeus, O Free Them All From Sufferings So Great, Or Reveal Unto Each Their Guide.
33 Yet Do Not Fear, The Mortals Are Divine By Race, And Holy Nature Will Reveal And Make Evident Everything.
34 Wherefore, If Ye Have Believed, Observe What I Teach Thee, Healing Thy Soul, And Ye Shall Remain Insured From Manifold Evil.
35 Avoid Forbidden Foods, Reflecting That This Contributes To The Purity And Redemption Of Thy Soul.
36 Ponder All Things Well, And Let Discernment, The Gift Divine, Be Thy Chief Guide.
37 Then If Ye Should Be Separated From The Body, And Soar Into The Ether, Ye Will Be Imperishable, A Divinity, A Mortal No More.