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In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.
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God hands gifts to some, whispers them to others.
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False eloquence is exaggeration true eloquence is emphasis.
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The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.
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The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.
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Courage makes a man more than himself for he is then himself plus his valor.
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The flower which we do not pluck is the only one which never loses its beauty or its fragrance.
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In the nine heavens are eight Paradises Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.
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The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.
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Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
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Cunning is the dwarf of wisdom.
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True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into what it ought to be.
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Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.
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After every storm the sun will smile for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
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The God of merely traditional believers is the great Absentee of the universe.
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Ah, could the soul, like the body, have a mirror! It has,--a friend.
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A fretful fancy is constantly flinging its possessor into gratuitous tophets.
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How sublime is the audacious tautology of Mohammed, God is God!
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Tears are the tribute of humanity to its destiny.
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A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.
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