"The rose looks fair, but fairer we..." - Quote by William Shakespeare
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deemFor that sweet odour which doth in it live.
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“The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown, is often left unloved.”
“Indeed, sir, he that sleeps feels not the toothache; but a man that were to sleep your sleep, and a hangman to help him to bed, I think he would change places with his officer; for look you, sir, you know not which way you shall go.”
“Every thing that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment.”
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“Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.”
“Women sit or move to and fro, some old, some young, / The young are beautiful--but the old are more beautiful than the young.”
“All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.”
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“The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.”
“I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.”
“On the deepest level, what I know for sure is that who I am, essentially, is consciousness and consciousness is timeless and it transcends the body; it transcends the psychological "me," the egoic self. Everybody can know themselves as consciousness.”