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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XXVII: The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims At the Good Of Men. (5)
And to prove that example corrects, he says directly to the purpose: "A clever man, when he seeth the wicked punished, will himself be severely chastised, for the fear of the Lord is the source of wisdom."
Dhammapada
Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) (76)
If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (49)
The wise man is governed by God, and on this account is blessed. A scientific knowledge of God causes a man to use few words.
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (176)
A wise man is a doer of good works after God.
Katha Upanishad
Second Vallī (2)
Yea, the wise prefers the good to the pleasant, but the fool chooses the pleasant through greed and avarice.'...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (69)
Where is a man (who is) wise or powerful in intelligence, or a man whose devices are many because he knows wisdom? Let him speak wisdom; let him...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (311/312)
The wise man shares in the kingdom of God; an evil man does not want the foreknowledge of God to come to pass.
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (12-21)
Whereas the saint is well-pleasing to God, But the sinner's hand is the hand of Satan and demons, If folly meets him, he takes it for wisdom; Yea,...
Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (322)
If someone brings the wise man out of the body wickedly, he rather does what is good for him, for he has been released from bonds.
The Masnavi
The People of Saba (85-94)
If you do a kindness to a generous man, 'tis fitting, When you treat a base man with scorn and contumely, Infidels when enjoying prosperity do wrong, ...
Dhammapada
Chapter XII: Self (158)
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer.
Dhammapada
Chapter V: The Fool (72)
And when the evil deed, after it has become known, brings sorrow to the fool, then it destroys his bright lot, nay, it cleaves his head.