“To those possessed of breeding, learning, handsome looks,
Who have no wisdom, neither discipline, you need not bow.
But those who do have these two qualities,
Though lacking other virtues, you should revere.”

—  Nagarjuna

Letter to a Friend (Snow Lion: 2013), stanza 28

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