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«Be in the world like a traveler, or like a passer on, and reckon yourself as of the dead»
«Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.»
«There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.»
«Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.»
«The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.»