Property:HPB Gem text
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B
No plunge in clear cool water delights so much the heat-oppressed, no pearl necklace the maiden, as the words of the good delight the good. +
Not every one ready for a dispute is as quick in transacting business. +
Not the tender pliant grass is uprooted by the storm, but the lofty trees. The mighty war only with the mighty. +
Of a gift to be received or given, of an act to be done, time drinks up the flavour, unless it be quickly performed. +
Of all the animals on earth, man alone has the faculty of causing moral trouble. +
Of the eloquence of the pleasant speaker all men are enamored. +
Often vinegar got for nothing, is sweeter to the poor man than honey bought. +
One cannot fill a vacuum from within itself. +
One is not aged because his head is grey: whoever, although a youth, has wisdom, him the gods consider an elder. +
One moment in eternity is as important as another moment, for eternity changeth not, neither is one part better than another part. +
One proof is better than ten arguments. +
Our life is the ante-room of the palace where our true treasure lies – immortality. +
Pagodas are measured by their shadows, and great men by their enviers. +
Patience leads to power, but lust leads to loss. +
Patience leads to power; but eagerness in greed leads to loss. +
People talk of the Devil. Every man has seen him; he is in every sinful heart. +
Pervert not the heart of a man who is pure, for he will turn thine own first enemy. +
Poor transitory mortals know little even of themselves, much less of those who died long before their time. +
Purity and impurity belong to oneself; no one can purify another. +
Put yourself frankly into the hands of Fate, and let her spin you out what fortune she pleases. +