There is no fire like passion, no shark like hatred, no snare like folly, no torrent like greed.
Dhammapada, verse 251 (300 BCE)
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The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, ch. 34 (1929)
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However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
Dhammapada, verse 19 (300 BCE)