“Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.” Seagull
“And—such is my thinking, o Exalted One—no one attains deliverance through teaching!” Siddhartha
“You can satisfy the people, for their object is more righteous than that of the nobles, the latter wishing to oppress, while the former only desire not to be oppressed.” The Prince
Variant Translation: Let not thy mind run on what thou lackest as much as on what thou hast already. Book VII
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