“Inside ourselves there lies the root of good:
the heart outweighs all talents on this earth.”

— Nguyễn Du , The Tale of Kieu

Source: The Tale of Kiều (1813), Lines 3251–3252

Original

Thiện căn ở tại lòng ta, Chữ tâm kia mới bằng ba chữ tài.

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Vietnamese poet 1765–1820

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“A ruddy drop of manly blood
The surging sea outweighs;
The world uncertain comes and goes,
The lover rooted stays.”

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Epigraph to Friendship
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The world uncertain comes and goes,
The lover rooted stays.

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“Here, all ye learned, full of all Dispute,
Of true and false Religion lies the Root.”

John Byrom (1692–1763) Poet, inventor of a shorthand system

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Context: Here, all ye learned, full of all Dispute,
Of true and false Religion lies the Root.
The Mind of Christ, when He became a Man,
With all Its Tempers, forms its real Plan,
The Sheep from Goats distinguishing full well; —
His Love is Heav'n, and Want of It is Hell.