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When it is a question of money, everybody shares the same religion.

Voltaire, Oeuvres complètes de Voltaire: Correspondance (via philosophybits)

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Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.

William Shakespeare, King Lear (via philosophybits)

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To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen (via philosophybits)

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DŌJŌJI NO KANE

During the reign of emperor Daigo, a young priest named Anchin was travelling from Mutsu to Kumano on pilgrimage. Every year he went on this journey and every year he would stop to rest at the manor of Masago no Shoji family. Anchin was very handsome and this caught the attention of Kiyohime, the lord’s daughter. She was troublesome but also beautiful. The priest told her that if she behaved well with her family, she would marry her and take her back with him to Mutsu. The girl believed him and kept her promise to be a good and respectful daughter. Every year she waited him at the manor. When she became a woman and in age to marry, she approached the priest remembering him his promise. Anchin feeling embarrassed that his word had taken seriously lied to the young woman telling her that after his pilgrimage, he would have married her.

But as soon as he finished, he avoided to return to the Shoji manor and came back directly to Mutsu. When Kiyohime heard about it, she was full of grief. She ran to the young priest, barefoot and in tears, determined to marry him. He caught him on the road to the temple of Dōjōji, but instead of greeting her and being touched by her feelings, he lied again, telling that he didn’t know who she was and he was late.

Kiyohime’s sadness turned into blind rage. The priest prayed the gods to save him and a divine’s light paralyzed the woman for few moments, giving Anchin the time to escape, when he reached the Hidaka River he prayed the boatman not to allow his pursuer to follow him. Then he ran to the temple of Dōjōji to hide. Kiyohime’s rage exploded: she transformed into a giant, fire breathing serpent. She crossed the river and then she went straight to the temple. the priests, seeing the monster, hide Anchin under a large, bronze bell. But Kiyohime knew he was hiding there, she wrapped herself around the bell and make it burn and became white hot. She killed Anchin by roasting him alive.

Overcame with rage and fury mixed with sadness, the demon Kiyohime threw herself in the river, drowing.

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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them.

Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims (via philosophybits)

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No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

Bertrand Russell, Justice in War-Time (via philosophybits)

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Sometimes in fluid dynamics, it’s too hard to wrap your head around the instantaneous - so you take an average picture of a flow, like a long-exposure photo. (Image credit: P. Leadbetter; submitted by Ioanna S.)

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He who lives as children live — who does not struggle for his bread and does not believe that his actions possess any ultimate significance — remains childlike.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Dawn (via philosophybits)