369
We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.
Goethe.
370
Root out the love of self, as you might the autumn lotus with your hand.
Buddhist.
371
Whoever has the seed of virtue and honour implanted in his breast will drop a sympathising tear on the woes of his neighbour.
Nakhshabī.
372
Do naught to others which, if done to thee, would cause thee pain: this is the sum of duty.*
Mahābhārata.
Notes
* Cf. Matt. VII, 12.
373
A bad man, though raised to honour, always returns to his natural course, as a dog’s tail, though warmed by the fire and rubbed with oil, retains its form.*
Hitopadesa.
Notes
* Cf. Arab proverb: “A dog’s tail never can be made straight.”