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The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.

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The Times are the masquerade of the eternities; trivial to the dull, tokens of noble and majestic agents to the wise; the receptacle in which the Past leaves its history; the quarry out of which the genius of today is building up the Future.

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Anger is short-lived madness.

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I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

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I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not. But the Earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

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It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we need to pay attention to our inner values. Sometimes people think compassion is only of help to others, while we get no benefit. This is a mistake. When you concern yourself with others, you naturally develop a sense of self-confidence . To help others takes courage and inner strength.

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If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

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We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

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I care not whether a man is good or evil; all that I care / Is whether he is a wise man or a fool. Go! put off holiness, / And put on intellect.

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How little can we foresee the consequences either of wise or unwise action, of virtue or of malice. Without this measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.

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If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.

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Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.

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Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

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The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable.

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We prize books, and they prize them most who are themselves wise.

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A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.

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May I deem the wise man rich, and may I have such a portion of gold as none but a prudent man can either bear or employ.

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Nature never deserts the wise and pure; no plot so narrow, be but nature there; no waste so vacant, but may well employ each faculty of sense, and keep the heart awake to love and beauty.

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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

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