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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Sataka

In an aged man appears ripeness of wisdom: it is the oldest sandal-tree which emits the most fragrance.

The good man, even though overwhelmed by misfortune, loses never his inborn greatness of soul. Camphor-wood burnt in the fire becomes all the more fragrant.

What is really beautiful needs no adorning. We do not grind down the pearl upon a polishing stone.