Common sense isn't.
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| After the battle in Pharsalia, when Pompey was fled, one Nonius said they had seven eagles left still, and advised to try what they would do. "Your advice," said Cicero, "were good if we were to fight jackdaws." |
| ~ Plutarch, Roman Apophthegms. Cicero. ~ |
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| Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. |
| ~ John Dryden, Alexander's Feast. Line 77. ~ |
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| When we talk of the six perfections - generosity, ethical discipline, patience, perseverance, concentration, and wisdom - they can also be found in other non-bodhisattva practitioners who are working more toward their own individual liberation. What makes the practice of these six factors perfect is the motivation involved. In order for one's practice of patience to be a practice of the perfection of practice, you need the motivation which is bodhicitta. If your practice is motivated by bodhicitta - the aspiration to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all - then your practice becomes truly a practice of perfection. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, June 25, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| Charge a man with one misdemeanor, and all his peccadilloes are raked up and assorted before him. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Omoo (1846), ch. 79, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 2, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1968). ~ |
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| Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening gray; Strike thy bosom, Sage! and tell What is bliss, and which the way? Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd Scarce repress'd the starting tear, When the hoary Sage reply'd, "Come, my lad, and drink some beer." |
| ~Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) ~ |
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| Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. |
| ~ Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter. ~ |
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| Arm th' obdur'd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel. |
| ~ John Milton, Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 568. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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