The Rabbis taught: For two and a half years, the house of Hillel and the house of Shammai argued. One said that it was pleasant for man to be created, and the other said that it would have been more pleasant for man to not have been created. They voted and determined that it would have been more pleasant not to have been created, but now that he had been created, he should investigate his deeds. (Eruvin13b)
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When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the little space which I fill, and even ...
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१ . मनोपुब्बङ्गमा धम्मा, मनोसेट्ठा मनोमया। मनसा चे पदुट्ठेन, भासति वा करोति वा। ततो नं दुक्खमन्वेति, चक्कंव वहतो पदं॥ ...
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"When thou commandest me to sing, it seems that my heart would break with pride; And I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes...
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