The man who every sacred science knows, Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes That rise within him, mars his Fortune's fame, And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

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The man who every sacred science knows, Yet has not strength to keep in check the foes That rise within him, mars his Fortune's fame, And brings her by his feebleness to shame.

Bháravi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 280

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The enemies which rise within the body, hard to be overcome--thy evil passions--should manfully be fought: he who conquers these is equal to the conquerors of worlds.

Bháravi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 1

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Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions, never damped by failure, conquering all impediments.

Bháravi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 118

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Those who wish well towards their friends disdain to please them with words which are not true.

Bháravi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 13

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The friendship of the bad is like the shade of some precipitous bank with crumbling sides, which, falling, buries him who is beneath.

Bháravi · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 24