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Bundahishn
Chapter XXIV (24)
Of two men, when they come forward together, the wiser and more truthful is chief.
Dhammapada
Chapter V: The Fool (65)
If an intelligent man be associated for one minute only with a wise man, he will soon perceive the truth, as the tongue perceives the taste of soup.
Dhammapada
Chapter V: The Fool (64)
If a fool be associated with a wise man even all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (165b)
He who is victorious through deceit is defeated by the truth.
The Masnavi
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass (92-101)
If there be one who is a true man in these two states, I will yield up my life for him this day!" The other, who was a fatalist, said, "What you seek...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (71)
Now these are two Persons, and neither of them can apprehend, retain, or comprehend the other, and the one is as great as the other; and if either of...
Bhagavad Gita
Vijnana Yoga (7.17)
Of these, the wise man, ever steadfast and devoted to the One alone, is the best. For supremely dear am I to the man of wisdom, and he is dear to Me.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (165a)
It is better for you to be defeated while speaking the truth, than to be victorious through deceit.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (25)
Nothing is so peculiar to wisdom as truth. When you preside over men, remember that divinity also presides over you.
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (2)
Yea, the wise prefers the good to the pleasant, but the fool chooses the pleasant through greed and avarice.'...
Dhammapada
Chapter VIII: The Thousands (103)
If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
Dhammapada
Chapter VIII: The Thousands (100)
Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.
Tao Te Ching
Tao Te Ching (33)
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty. He...
Dhammapada
Chapter I: The Twin-Verses (12)
They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (7)
Endeavour to be great in the estimation of divinity, but among men avoid envy. The wise man whose estimation with men was but small while he was...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Tablet IV (11)
Take my hand, my friend, we will go on together. Your heart should burn to do battle --pay no heed to death, do not lose heart! The one who watches...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XXIV: How Moses Discharged the Part of A Military Leader. (5)
Now, generalship involves three ideas: caution, enterprise, and the union of the two. And each of these consists of three things, acting as they do...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 30 — Ahunavaiti Gatha (3)
Thus are the primeval spirits who as a pair (combining their opposite strivings), and (yet each) independent in his action, have been famed (of old)....
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.35)
One’s own duty, ill-performed and without merit, is better than the duty of another well-discharged. Better is death in discharging one’s own duty....
The Masnavi
The Arab and his Wife (211-220)
That men may not see the bloom of the one and the other's shame, True, the Gardener knows the difference even in autumn, But the sight of One is...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVII: Passages From Clement's Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom. (11)
Let the humble not testify to himself, but allow testimony to be borne to him by another. Let not him who is pure in the flesh boast, knowing that it...
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