The source of inward happiness which shall outlast the earth– To them e’en kings should yield the palm, and own their higher worth.
BHARTRHARIKnowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.
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Kindness can turn the bad man’s heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.
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Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass.
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Fate’s sentence written on the brow no hand can e’er efface.
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I have not wasted life, but life hath wasted me.
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Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.
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A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.
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What is the most profitable? Fellowship with the good. What is the worst thing in the world? The society of evil men. What is the greatest loss? Failure in ones duty.
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The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.
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The pearl on my beloved’s neck, Afflicted sore the oyster!
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Man is but a beast without it: such a glorious god is Learning.
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Those from whom we were born have long since departed, and those with whom we grew up exist only in memory. We, too, through the approach of death, become, as it were, trees growing on the sandy bank of a river.
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The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point upwards.
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For a moment man is a boy, for a moment a lovesick youth, for a moment bereft of wealth, for a moment in the height of prosperity; then at life’s end with limbs worn out by old age and wrinkles adorning his face, like an actor he retires behind the curtain of death.
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Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th’ only jewel he should wear.
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Trees loaded with fruit are bent down; the clouds when charged with fresh rain hang down near the earth: even so good men are not uplifted through prosperity. Such is the natural character of the liberal.
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