Quotations by Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston

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If you injure a harmless person, the evil will fall back upon you, like light dust thrown up against the wind.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 126

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The pure in heart, who fear to sin, The good, kindly in word and deed-- These are the beings in the world Whose nature should be called divine.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 129

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A benefit given to the good is like characters engraven on a stone; a benefit given to the evil is like a line drawn on water.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 312

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Neither live with a bad man nor be at enmity with him; even as if you take hold of glowing charcoal it will burn you, if you take hold of cold charcoal it will soil you.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 351

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Root out the love of self, as you might the autumn lotus with your hand.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 370

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As one might nurse a tiny flame, The able and far-seeing man, E'en with the smallest capital, Can raise himself to wealth.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 400

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'Tis those who reverence the old That are the men versed in the Faith; Worthy of praise while in this life, And happy in the life to come.

Tradizione buddhista · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 484