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Friday, March 16, 2007

Quotes of some value

I've collected the following quotes over the years. I think they are truly gems of wisdom that everyone would find helpful at some point in time.

Ignis arum probat, miseria fortes viros.
Fire tests gold, misfortune brave men. - Anon.

Tum denique homines nostre intelligimus bona, quom quae sotestate hasuimus, ea a misimus.
We mortals realize the value of blessings only when we have lost them. - Plautus

Semper fluris feci ego potioremque habui libertatem quam pecuniam.
I have always valued my freedom more then money, and preferred it. - attributed to Cicero

Oderant di homines iniuros.
The gods hate unjust men. - Anon.

Ea liberias est que pectus purum et eirmum, estitati aliae res obnoxiosue nacte in obscura latent.
Freedom is bearing a pure and dauntless heart; all else is slavery and lies hidden in darkness.
- attributed to Marcus Aurelius

Summum inis, summa imuria.
More laws, less justice. - Anon.

One is not a buddha mearly because one speaks much. The one secure, with out enmity, with out fear is called buddha. - Attributed to Siddartha Gotema, the Buddha.

May you be poor in misfortunes and rich in blessings. - Irish proverb

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