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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (339)
He who gives something without respect commits an outrage. [...].
Bhagavad Gita
Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāga Yoga (17.22)
And the gift that is made without respect or with disdain, at an improper place and time, and to an unworthy person is declared to be of the nature of...
Bundahishn
Chapter XXVIII (6)
Whoever gives that man anything, in whose law (dâd) this saying is established, then the evil spirit is propitiated by him, that is, he has acted by...
Dhammapada
Chapter VIII: The Thousands (108)
Whatever a man sacrifice in this world as an offering or as an oblation for a whole year in order to gain merit, the whole of it is not worth a...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter III: The Gnostic Aims At the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and His Son. (20)
And as those who maltreat property insult the owners, and those who maltreat soldiers insult the commander, so also the ill-usage of His consecrated o...
The Conference of the Birds
Question of the Twelfth Bird (3)
A king gave a robe of honour to a slave, who went away very pleased with himself. As he walked along, the dust of the street settled on him, and he...
Katha Upanishad
First Vallī (3)
'Unblessed, surely, are the worlds to which a man goes by giving (as his promised present at a sacrifice) cows which have drunk water, eaten hay,...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter I: Preface. the Author's Object. the Utility of Written Compositions. (11)
We must, as far as we can, imitate the Lord.I And he will do so, who complies with the will of God, receiving freely, giving freely, and receiving as ...
Bundahishn
Chapter XXVIII (13)
This, too, it says, that] should one give [anything to] a man who says [that it is proper to have one boot], and in his law walking with one boot [is...
Bhagavad Gita
Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāga Yoga (17.21)
But that which is given for the sake of recompense or with the expectation of fruit or in a grudging mood is accounted as of the nature of rajas.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (21)
Esteem nothing to be precious, which a bad man may take from you. He is dear to divinity, who considers those things alone to be precious, which are...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVI: Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue. (42)
As, then, he that steals what is another's, doing great wrong, rightly incurs ills suitable to his deserts; so also does he, who arrogates to himself ...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXX (16)
And there will be no respect of persons [and no consideration of persons],' and no receiving at his hands of fruits and offerings and burnt-offerings ...
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto V (3)
The other, which is known to thee as matter, May well indeed be such that one errs not If it for other matter be exchanged. But let none shift the bur...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) (366)
A Bhikshu who, though he receives little, does not despise what he has received, even the gods will praise him, if his life is pure, and if he is not...
Bhagavad Gita
Karma Yoga (3.12)
Nourished by sacrifice, the Gods, give you desirable enjoyments. He who enjoys objects given by the Gods without offering them is verily a thief.
Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (5)
Frankincense ought to be given to the Gods, but praise to good men. It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXV: The Bhikshu (Mendicant) (365)
Let him not despise what he has received, nor ever envy others: a mendicant who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
Bhagavad Gita
Śhraddhā Traya Vibhāga Yoga (17.20)
That gift which is made to one who can make no return, and with the feeling that it is one’s duty to give, and which is given at the right place and...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter V (16)
And He is not one who will regard the person (of any), nor is He one who will receive gifts, ii He saith that He will execute judgment on each : if on...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXVI: The Brâhmana (Arhat) (409)
Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who takes nothing in the world that is not given him, be it long or short, small or large, good or bad.
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