Quotations by Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata

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'Tis not for gain, for fame, from fear That righteous men injustice shun, And virtuous men hold virtue dear: An inward voice they seem to hear, Which tells them duty must be done.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 136

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Repeated sin destroys the understanding And he whose reason is impaired repeats His sins. The constant practising of virtue Strengthens the mental faculties, and he Whose judgment stronger grows acts always right.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 170

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Just as the track of birds that cleave the air Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish That skim the water, so the course of those Who do good actions is not always seen.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 209

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A bad man is as much pleased as a good man is distressed to speak ill of others.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 321

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Enjoy thou the prosperity of others, Although thyself unprosperous; noble men Take pleasure in their neighbours' happiness.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 350

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In youth a man is deluded by other ideas than those which delude him in middle life, and again in his decay he embraces other ideas.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 441

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Good words, good deeds, and beautiful expressions A wise man ever culls from every quarter, E'en as a gleaner gathers ears of corn.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 457

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Those men are wise who do not desire the unattainable, who do not love to mourn over what is lost, and are not overwhelmed by calamities.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 486

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Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a forest?

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 501

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Rich presents, though profusely given, Are not so dear to righteous Heaven As gifts by honest gains supplied, Though small, which faith hath sanctified.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 529

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Let none with scorn a suppliant meet, Or from the door untended spurn A dog; an outcast kindly treat; And so thou shalt be blest in turn.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 54

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Such deeds as thou with fear and grief Wouldst, on a sick-bed laid, recall, In youth and health eschew them all, Remembering life is frail and brief.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 570

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A man should never despise himself, for brilliant success never attends on the man who is contemned by himself.

Tradizione indiana · Mahābhārata · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 578