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from being witty.
Selden.
471.
Men are not rich or poor according to what they possess but to what they desire. The only rich man is he that
with content enjoys a competence.
R. Chamberlain.
472.
Poverty is not dishonourable in itself, but only when it arises from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and
folly.
Plutarch.
473.
Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the
wise, selects him for her lord who ere he acts reflects.
Bháravi.
474.
First think, and if thy thoughts approve thy will, Then speak, and after, what thou speak'st fulfil.
Randolph.
475.
It cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure
without any exertion of thought, by the mere excitement of curiosity, and sensibility, may be justly ranked
among the worst effects of habitual novel-reading.
Coleridge.
476.
Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much
reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.
Selden.
477.
Friendship throws a greater lustre on prosperity, while it lightens adversity by sharing in its griefs and
troubles.
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Cicero.
478.
There is nothing more becoming a wise man than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged
what thou art. Let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain; but make
election rather of thy betters than thy inferiors; shunning always such as are poor and needy, for if thou givest
twenty gifts and refuse to do the like but once, all that thou hast done will be lost, and such men will become
thy mortal enemies.
Sir W. Raleigh, to his Son.
479.
Learning is like Scanderbeg's sword, either good or bad according to him who hath it: an excellent weapon, if
well used; otherwise, like a sharp razor in the hand of a child.
R. Chamberlain.
480.
The greater part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable.
La Bruyère.
481.
I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only
is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And
'gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure.
Pindar.
482.
Wisdom alone is the true and unalloyed coin for which we ought to exchange all things, for this and with this
everything is bought and sold--fortitude, temperance, and justice; in a word, true virtue subsists with wisdom.
Plato.
483.
If thou intendest to do a good act, do it quickly, and then thou wilt excite gratitude; a favour if it be slow in
being conferred causes ingratitude.
Ausonius.
484.
'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.
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Buddhist.
485.
Low-minded men are occupied solely with their own affairs, but noble-minded men take special interest in the
affairs of others. The submarine fire drinks up the ocean, to fill its insatiable interior; the rain-cloud, that it
may relieve the drought of the earth, burnt up by the hot season.
Bhartrihari.
486.
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.
Mahábhárata.
487.
Let him take heart who does advance, even in the smallest degree.
Plato.
488.
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.[27]
Chinese.
[27] Cf. Pope, in his Epitaph on the poet Gay:
Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man, simplicity, a child.
489.
If thou desirest ease in this life, keep thy secrets undisclosed, like the modest rosebud. Take warning from that
lovely flower, which, by expanding its hitherto hidden beauties when in full bloom, gives its leaves and its
happiness to the winds.
Persian.
490.
A husband is the chief ornament of a wife, though she have no other ornament; but, though adorned, without a
husband she has no ornaments.
Hitopadesa.
491.
He who has more learning than goodness is like a tree with many branches and few roots, which the first wind
throws down; whilst he whose works are greater than his knowledge is like a tree with many roots and fewer
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branches, which all the winds of heaven cannot uproot.
Talmud.
492.
He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a
new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with
every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble
man retains it in the root, can abide the winter's killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can
endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.
Feltham.
493.
The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato--the only good
belonging to him is underground.
Sir Thos. Overbury.
494.
When men will not be reasoned out of a vanity, they must be ridiculed out of it.
L'Estrange.
495.
Women are ever in extremes, they are either better or worse than men.
La Bruyère.
496.
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
Goethe.
497.
The man of worth is really great without being proud; the mean man is proud without being really great.
Chinese.
498.
Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.
La Bruyère.
499.
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Outward perfection without inward goodness sets but the blacker dye on the mind's deformity.
R. Chamberlain.
500.
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so wise men falter not amidst blame or praise.
Dhammapada.
501.
Of what avail is the praise or censure of the vulgar, who make a useless noise like a senseless crow in a
forest?
Mahábhárata.
502.
Hark! here the sound of lute so sweet, And there the voice of wailing loud; Here scholars grave in conclave
meet, There howls the brawling drunken crowd; Here, charming maidens full of glee, There, tottering,
withered dames we see. Such light! Such shade! I cannot tell, If here we live in heaven or hell.
Bhartrihari.
503.
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