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Each is bounded by his nature,
And remains the same in stature,
In the valley, on the mountain:
Scoop from ocean or from fountain
With a poor hand or a richer,
You can only fill your pitcher.

— Saadi Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)

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Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

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Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

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