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A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.

Zoroaster

Beware of lust; it corrupteth both the body and the mind.
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Body Corruption Lust Mind
Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your ‘joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.
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Growth Joy Life Lose Old Weight
When we are in doubt whether an action is good or bad, abstain from it.
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Action Avoid Bad Doubt Goodness
Devotion, like fire, goeth upward.
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Devotion Fire Inspirational Passionate
Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.
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Honor Prison Respect Satisfaction Seek
Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to thee.
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Desire God Greed Taste Treasure World
He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers.
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Care Greatness Prayer Religious Repeat
If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Oneself Order War Willing
Excessive liberty and excessive servitude are equally dangerous, and produce nearly the same effect.
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Dangerous Equality Liberty Service
If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Oneself Order War Willing
When you are in doubt abstain.
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Doubt One Liner Wait Yourself
For a thinking man is where Wisdom is at home.
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Home Men Thinking Wisdom
He who upholds Truth with all the might of his power, He who upholds Truth the utmost in his word and deed,He, indeed, is Thy most valued helper, O Mazda Ahura!
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Help Power Truth Value Word
A knife of the keenest steel requires the whetstone, and the wisest man needs advice.
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Advice Knife Man Material Need Wisdom
If one would have a friend, then must one also be willing to wage war for him: and in order to wage war, one must be capable of being an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Oneself Order War Willing
I who have set my heart on watching over the soul, in union with Good Thought, and as knowing the rewards of Mazda Ahura for our works, will, while I have power and strength, teach men to seek after Right. I have become an alien in a foreign land.
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Goodness Heart Men Power Seek Soul Strength Teaching Thinking Unity

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