Common sense isn't.
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| Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity for judgment. For that, we cannot take out insurance; the insurance company is within: self-discipline, self-awareness, and a clear realization of the disadvantages of anger and the positive effects of kindness. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, January 9, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| Reckon the days in which you have not been angry. I used to be angry every day; now every other day; then every third and fourth day; and if you miss it so long as thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God. |
| ~ Epictetus, How the Semblances of Things are to be combated. Chap. xviii. ~ |
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| Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it. |
| ~ Sir Thomas Browne, Dedication to Urn-Burial. Chap. v. ~ |
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| If the gods think to speak outright to man, they will honorably speak outright; not shake their heads, and give an old wives’ darkling hint. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Moby-Dick (1851), ch. 133, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 6, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1988). Spoken by Captain Ahab, about omens. ~ |
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| Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold. |
| ~ John Milton, Il Penseroso. Line 109. ~ |
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| Colophon That is its end. Written by Senu, son of the divine father Pemu. |
| ~ The Instruction of Amenemope, Akhim, Egypt, ~1100 BC ~ |
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| Yet tears to human suffering are due; And mortal hopes defeated and o'erthrown Are mourned by man, and not by man alone. |
| ~ William Wordsworth, Laodamia. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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