SRI AUROBINDO
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Kalidasa
Bhartrihari. The Century of Life
On Wisdom
Knowledge is nobler beauty in a man
Than features: ’tis his hidden hoard of price;
This the long roll of Masters first began;
Pleasure it brings, just fame and constant bliss,
And is a helping friend in foreign lands,
And is a very god with puissant hands.
Knowledge, not wealth in great men is adored,
Nor better than a beast the mind unstored.