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"Acquirit qui tuetur."

"Abbati, medico, patronoque intima pande."

"The Layman was sitting in his thatched cottage one day studying the sūtras. "Difficult, difficult," he said; "like trying to scatter ten measures of sesame seed all over a tree." "Easy, easy," Mrs. Pang said; "like touching your feet to the ground when you get out of bed." "Neither difficult nor easy," Ling Zhao said; "on the hundred grass tips, the great Masters' meaning.""

"A Zen master named Gisan asked a young student to bring him a pail of water to cool his bath. The student brought the water and, after cooling the bath, threw on to the ground the little that was left over. "You dunce!" the master scolded him. "Why didn't you give the rest of the water to the plants? What right have you to waste even a drop of water in this temple? The young student attained Zen in that instant. He changed his name to Tekisui, which means a drop of water."

"A soldier named Nobushige came to Hakuin, and asked: "Is there really a paradise and a hell?" "Who are you?" inquired Hakuin. "I am a samurai," the warrior replied. "You, a soldier!" exclaimed Hakuin. "What kind of ruler would have you as his guard? Your face looks like that of a beggar." Nobushige became so angry that he began to draw his sword, but Hakuin continued: "So you have a sword! Your weapon is probably much too dull to cut off my head." As Nobushige drew his sword Hakuin remarked: "Here open the gates of hell!" At these words the samurai, perceiving the master's discipline, sheathed his sword and bowed. "Here open the gates of paradise," said Hakuin."

"Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving."

"When you reach the top of the mountain, keep climbing."

"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."

"Melium est nomen bonum quam divitae multae."

"Medicus curat, natura sanat"

"Manus manum lavat."

"Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquo bono."

"Malo nodo malus quaerendus cuneus. A bad wedge is to be preferred to a bad knot."

"Malum consilium quod mutari non potest."

"Malo arboris nodo malus clavus and cuneus infigendus est."

"Mali principii malus finis."

"Mala hostibus eveniant."

"Mala herba cito crescit"

"Macte animo! Generose puer sic itur ad astra!"

"Lumen soli mutuum das."

"Latet anguis sub herbis in herba."

"Iucundum est narrare sua mala."

"Longum iter est per praecepta , breve et efficax per exempla."

"Invidus alterius macrescit rebus opimis ."

"Interdum stultus bene loquitur.'"

"Inter gladium et iugulum."

"Intemperans adulescentia effetum corpus tradit senectuti."

"Innumeras curas secum adferunt liberi."

"Inimicum quamvis humilem docti est metuere."

"In vino veritas."

"In risu agnoscitur fatuus."

"In propria causa nemo debet esse iudex."

"In nullum avarus bonus est, in se pessimus."

"In iudicando criminosa est celeritas."

"In dubio, abstine."

"Incus robusta malleum non temnit."

"Improbe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit."

"Ignorantia legis non excusat"

"Ignavum fortuna repugnat."

"Hostium munera, non munera."

"Hortamur fari, quo sanguine cretus."

"Honor sequitur fugientem."

"Homo cogitat, Deus iudicat."

"Hodie mihi, cras tibi."

"Historia est vitae magistra."

"Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo"

"Gutta cavat lapidem non bis, sed saepe cadendo; sic homo fit sapiens non bis, sed saepe legendo."

"Gloriosum est iniurias oblivisci."

"Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem."

"Fronti nulla fides."