Common sense isn't.
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| Self-control, pure life, perception of the Noble Truths and the realization of Nibbana. This is the Supreme Blessing. |
| ~ Mahamangala Sutta (Discourse of the Supreme Blessings, Theravada Buddhist sutra) ~ |
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| I have a soul that like an ample shield Can take in all, and verge enough for more. |
| ~ John Dryden, Don Sebastian. Act i. Sc. 1. ~ |
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| Chamberlain’s visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me like an inevitable conflict within the next five years. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. letter, Sept. 15, 1938, to William Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to Italy. The Roosevelt Letters, vol. 3, p. 241, ed. Elliott Roosevelt, George G. Harrup & Co., Ltd. (1952). On the possible vs. probable results of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s attempt at appeasement of Hitler at Munich. The President’s real sentiments regarding Chamberlain’s deal with Hitler were best expressed to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, who recorded that the President told him that the British Prime Minister “was interested in peace at any price if he could get away with it.” Morgenthau Papers Diaries, Book 138, September 1, 1938, p. 34. Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. ~ |
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| As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow; But crush'd or trodden to the ground, Diffuse their balmy sweets around. |
| ~ Oliver Goldsmith, The Captivity. Act i. ~ |
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| He that buys land buys many stones, He that buys flesh buys many bones, He that buys eggs buys many shells, But he that buys good ale buys nothing else. |
| ~English Medieval Song ~ |
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| The scene of suffering is a scene of joy when the suffering is past; and the silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. Redburn (1849), ch. 60, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 4, eds. Harrison Hayford, Hershel Parker, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1969). ~ |
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| "Here I will stay in the summer, in the winter, as well as the spring." So thinks the fool - he never dreams that obstacles might rise before him. |
| ~The Path ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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