7 sayings with source references.
Wording recorded in the collection; original language not established.
He only does not live in vain Who all the means within his reach Employs--his wealth, his thought, his speech-- T'advance the weal of other men.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 125
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A wise man takes a step at a time; he establishes one foot before he takes up the other: an old place should not be forsaken recklessly.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 131
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As far and wide the vernal breeze Sweet odours waft from blooming trees, So, too, the grateful savour spreads To distant lands of virtuous deeds.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 137
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In one short verse I here express The sum of tomes of sacred lore: Beneficence is righteousness, Oppression's sin's malignant core.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 191
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Most men the good they have despise, And blessings which they have not prize: In winter, wish for summer's glow, In summer, long for winter's snow.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 213
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Men soon the faults of others learn, A few their virtues, too, find out; But is there one--I have a doubt-- Who can his own defects discern?Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 39
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With knowledge, say, what other wealth Can vie, which neither thieves by stealth Can take, nor kinsmen make their prey, Which, lavished, never wastes away.Tradizione sanscrita · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 508
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