284
With many readers brilliancy of style passes for affluence of thought: they mistake buttercups in the grass for immeasurable gold mines under the ground.
Longfellow.
285
The doctrine that enters only into the ear is like the repast one takes in a dream.
Chinese.
286
Adorn thy mind with knowledge, for knowledge maketh thy worth.
Firdausī.
287
Men hail the rising sun with glee,
They love his setting glow to see,
But fail to mark that every day
In fragments bears their life away.
All Nature’s face delight to view,
As changing seasons come anew;
None sees how each revolving year
Abridges swiftly man’s career.
Ramāyāna.