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The Alchemy of Happiness
Concerning Music and Dancing as Aids to the Religious Life (10)
But, till thou drink it, no joy is thine.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (57)
Give yourself gladness from the true vine of Christ. Satisfy yourself with the true wine, in which there is no drunkenness nor error. For it (the...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (32)
Every cup should be sweet to you which extinguishes thirst. Fly from intoxication as you would from insanity. No good originates from the body.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXVI. Christ Institutes His Holy Supper—judas the Betrayer—peter's Three Denials Predicted—"yet a Little While I Am with You: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled"—many Mansions (49)
Verily I say unto you, I will drink henceforth no more of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of God,...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (75)
Hearken, thou hast the sweet water in thee, pour that into the fire, and then the fire goeth out: If thou lettest it burn, then it consumeth in thee...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCVI (6)
Woe to you who drink water from every fountain, For suddenly shall ye be consumed and wither away, Because ye have forsaken the fountain of life.
The Masnavi
Prologue (31-40)
It can hold no more than one day's store. The pitcher of the desire of the covetous never fills, The oyster-shell fills not with pearls till it is...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXVIII (6)
The water which thou seest springs not from vein Restored by vapour that the cold condenses, Like to a stream that gains or loses breath; But issues...
Dhammapada
Chapter XVIII: Impurity (247)
And the man who gives himself to drinking intoxicating liquors, he, even in this world, digs up his own root.
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (78)
While it is but glimmering it is only a gentle, soft, longing delight or pleasing lust in thee, and does not consume thee; but if thou exhaltest thy...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (122)
Now eat and drink, now trim and dress thyself therewith, and domineer therein, thou fair goddess, how art thou become a whore, and thy shame and...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter VII (6)
And he rejoiced and drank of this wine, he and his children with joy*
Dhammapada
Chapter XXIV: Thirst (335)
Whomsoever this fierce thirst overcomes, full of poison, in this world, his sufferings increase like the abounding Bîrana grass.
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
LXXV. Conspiracy at the High Priest's Palace—judas Hired—the Passover Supper—christ's Humility: He Washes the Feet of the Twelve (15)
Take this, and divide it among yourselves: for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
Corpus Hermeticum
7. The Greatest Ill Among Men Is Ignorance of God (1)
Whither stumble ye, sots, who have sopped up the wine of ignorance and can so far not carry it that ye already even spew it forth? Stay ye, be sober,...
Dhammapada
Chapter VI: The Wise Man (Pandita) (79)
He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect (Ariyas).
The Conference of the Birds
Excuse of the Tenth Bird (4)
Jesus drank of the water of a limpid rill whose taste was more agreeable than the dew of the rose. One of his companions filled a pitcher from this...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter II: The Subject of Plagiarisms Resumed. the Greeks Plagiarized From One Another. (24)
"Above the gods' best gift to men ranks wine, In measure drunk; but in excess the worst."
Chapter 3: Of the most blessed Triumphing, Holy, Holy, Holy Trinity, GOD the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ONE only God. (11)
But the soul thirsteth after the heavenly holy Father, and he giveth meat and drink to it, feeding it with his holy Spirit, and the spring, source or ...
The Masnavi
The King and his Three Sons (161-170)
I have never tasted wine sweeter than this poison, No health can be sweeter than this sickness! No devotion is better than this sin (of love), Years...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XX: The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self - Restraint. (7)
"Wretch, what good dost thou know, or what honourable aim hast thou? which does not even wait for the appetite for sweet things, eating before being...
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