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  Q[  1]='<B>Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,<BR> nor '
        +'standeth in the way of sinners,<BR> nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.'
  A[  1]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David>David</A> &nbsp;(1037970 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms>Psalms</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, Psalm 1:1'

  Q[  2]='<B>The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy '
        +'is understanding.'
  A[  2]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>Book of Proverbs</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 9:10'

  Q[  3]='<B>Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.'
  A[  3]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>Book of Proverbs</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 16:8'

  Q[  4]='<B>Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the '
        +'spoil with the proud.'
  A[  4]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbs>Book of Proverbs</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 16:19'

  Q[  5]='<B>In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth '
        +'sorrow.'
  A[  5]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 1:18'

  Q[  6]='<B>Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything '
        +'before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words '
        +'be few.'
  A[  6]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 5:2'

  Q[  7]='<B>The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is '
        +'in the house of mirth.'
  A[  7]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 7:4'

  Q[  8]='<B>It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song '
        +'of fools.'
  A[  8]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 7:5'

  Q[  9]='<B>Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made '
        +'crooked?'
  A[  9]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 7:13'

  Q[ 10]='<B>Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.'
  A[ 10]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 11:1'

  Q[ 11]='<B>Remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood '
        +'and youth are vanity.'
  A[ 11]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon>Solomon</A> &nbsp;(???-931 BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes>Ecclesiastes</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, 11:10'

  Q[ 12]='<B>There is wisdom in dimming your light. '
        +'<BR><BR>For the soft and gentle will overcome the hard and powerful.'
  A[ 12]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Tsu>Lao Tsu</A> &nbsp;(6-th century BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching>Tao Te Ching</A>" in translation of Tolbert McCarroll'

  Q[ 13]='<B>Those who know do not speak.<BR> Those who speak do not know.'
  A[ 13]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao_Tsu>Lao Tsu</A> &nbsp;(6-th century BC)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching>Tao Te Ching</A>" in translation of Tolbert McCarroll'

  Q[ 14]='<B>Close your eyes and you will see clearly.<BR> Cease to listen and you will '
        +'hear truth.<BR> Be silent and your heart will sing.<BR> Seek no contacts and '
        +'you will find union.<BR> Be still and you will move forward on the tide of the '
        +'spirit.<BR> Be gentle and you will need no strength.<BR> Be patient and you '
        +'will achieve all things.<BR> Be humble and you will remain entire.<BR>'
  A[ 14]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao>Tao</A>ist&nbsp; <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meditation>meditation</A>'

  Q[ 15]='<B>Ye suffer from yourselves.&nbsp; None else compels.<BR> None other holds you '
        +'that ye live and die,<BR> And whirl upon the wheel, and hug and kiss.<BR> It\'s '
        +'spokes of agony, it\'s tire of tears, it\'s nave of nothingness.'
  A[ 15]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)<BR>Buddha\'s very first sermon in translation of <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda>Swami Vivekananda</A> &nbsp;(18631902)'

  Q[ 16]='<B>We are what we think.<BR> All that we are arises with our thoughts.<BR> With '
        +'our thoughts we make the world.'
  A[ 16]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)<BR>1. Choices, "<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada>Dhammapada</A>"<BR>Translated from <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali>Pali</A> by Thomas Byrom'

  Q[ 17]='<B>However many holy words you read,<BR> However many you speak,<BR> What good '
        +'will they do you<BR> If you do not act upon them?'
  A[ 17]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)<BR>1. Choices, "<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhammapada>Dhammapada</A>"<BR>Translated from <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali>Pali</A> by Thomas Byrom'

  Q[ 18]='<B>Whatever is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective, '
        +'gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near  all material '
        +'shape should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is:&nbsp; "This '
        +'is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self."'
        +'<BR><BR>Whatever is feeling, whatever is perception, whatever are habitual tendencies, whatever '
        +'is consciousness, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or '
        +'subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near  all should be seen by '
        +'perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is:&nbsp; "This is not mine, this I am '
        +'not, this is not my self."'
  A[ 18]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)'

  Q[ 19]='<B>Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the '
        +'wind.&nbsp; To be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all.'
  A[ 19]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)'

  Q[ 20]='<B>Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good '
        +'deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind.&nbsp; To walk safely '
        +'through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance '
        +'of virtue.'
  A[ 20]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)'

  Q[ 21]='<B>On life\'s journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom '
        +'is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night.&nbsp; If '
        +'a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.'
  A[ 21]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_Gautama>Buddha Gautama</A> &nbsp;(563483 BC)'

  Q[ 22]='<B>He who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of '
        +'flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor '
        +'shrinking from the other  take it that such a one has attained Perfection.'
  A[ 22]='</B>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad-Gita>Bhagavad-Gita</A>" &nbsp;(between 5-th and 2-nd century BC)'

  Q[ 23]='<B>No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it\'s not the same river, and '
        +'he\'s not the same man.'
  A[ 23]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus>Heraclitus</A> &nbsp;(535475 BC)'

  Q[ 24]='<B>Wisdom begins in wonder.'
  A[ 24]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates>Socrates</A> &nbsp;(469399 BC)'

  Q[ 25]='<B>The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.'
  A[ 25]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates>Socrates</A> &nbsp;(469399 BC)'

  Q[ 26]='<B>The greatest wealth is to live content with little.'
  A[ 26]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>Plato</A> &nbsp;(427347 BC)'

  Q[ 27]='<B>Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.'
  A[ 27]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>Plato</A> &nbsp;(427347 BC)'

  Q[ 28]='<B>Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to '
        +'say something.'
  A[ 28]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato>Plato</A> &nbsp;(427347 BC)'

  Q[ 29]='<B>Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as '
        +'though it were thy last.'
  A[ 29]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384322 BC)'

  Q[ 30]='<B>We are what we repeatedly do.&nbsp; Excellence, then, is not an act, but a '
        +'habit.'
  A[ 30]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384322 BC)'

  Q[ 31]='<B>The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.'
  A[ 31]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384322 BC)'

  Q[ 32]='<B>Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.'
  A[ 32]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle>Aristotle</A> &nbsp;(384322 BC)'

  Q[ 33]='<B>The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.'
  A[ 33]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicurus>Epicurus</A> &nbsp;(341270 BC)'

  Q[ 34]='<B>The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.'
  A[ 34]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero>Cicero</A> &nbsp;(10643 BC)'

  Q[ 35]='<B>Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,<BR> neither cast ye your pearls '
        +'before swine,<BR> lest they trample them under their feet,<BR> and turn again '
        +'and rend you.'
  A[ 35]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus>Jesus</A> &nbsp;(2 BC  AD 30)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew>Gospel of Matthew</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, <A HREF\'http://ebible.org/kjv/MAT07.htm\'>&nbsp;(7:6)</A>'

  Q[ 36]='<B>Ask, and it shall be given you;<BR> seek, and ye shall find;<BR> knock, and it '
        +'shall be opened unto you.'
  A[ 36]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus>Jesus</A> &nbsp;(2 BC  AD 30)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew>Gospel of Matthew</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, <A HREF\'http://ebible.org/kjv/MAT07.htm\'>&nbsp;(7:7)</A>'

  Q[ 37]='<B>Enter ye in at the strait gate:<BR> for wide is the gate, and broad is the '
        +'way,<BR> that leadeth to destruction,<BR> and many there be which go in '
        +'thereat:<BR>'
        +'<BR><BR>Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,<BR> which leadeth unto life,<BR> '
        +'and few there be that find it.'
  A[ 37]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus>Jesus</A> &nbsp;(2 BC  AD 30)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew>Gospel of Matthew</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, <A HREF\'http://ebible.org/kjv/MAT07.htm\'>&nbsp;(7:1314)</A>'

  Q[ 38]='<B>Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps clothing,<BR> but '
        +'inwardly they are ravening wolves.<BR>'
        +'<BR><BR>Ye shall know them by their fruits.'
  A[ 38]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus>Jesus</A> &nbsp;(2 BC  AD 30)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew>Gospel of Matthew</A>", <A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV>KJV</A>, <A HREF\'http://ebible.org/kjv/MAT07.htm\'>&nbsp;(7:1516)</A>'

  Q[ 39]='<B>Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men '
        +'see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends '
        +'them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.'
  A[ 39]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca>Lucius Annaeus Seneca</A> &nbsp;(4 BC  AD 65)'

  Q[ 40]='<B>A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he '
        +'take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever.&nbsp; Just so should a wise man '
        +'treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as '
        +'sick and extravagant.'
  A[ 40]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca>Lucius Annaeus Seneca</A> &nbsp;(4 BC  AD 65)'

  Q[ 41]='<B>Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be '
        +'happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no '
        +'man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.'
  A[ 41]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca>Lucius Annaeus Seneca</A> &nbsp;(4 BC  AD 65)'

  Q[ 42]='<B>Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of '
        +'mind and a mastery of appetite.&nbsp; It teaches us to do as well as to talk; '
        +'and to make our words and actions all of a color.'
  A[ 42]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca>Lucius Annaeus Seneca</A> &nbsp;(4 BC  AD 65)'

  Q[ 43]='<B>Grand me to have little, and desire nothing.'
  A[ 43]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius_of_Tyana>Apollonius of Tyana</A> &nbsp;(AD 15100)'

  Q[ 44]='<B>It\'s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.'
  A[ 44]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus>Epictetus</A> &nbsp;(AD 55135)'

  Q[ 45]='<B>Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no '
        +'pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, '
        +'you may enter into the Path.'
  A[ 45]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhidharma>Bodhidharma</A> &nbsp;(AD 470543)'

  Q[ 46]='<B>If you do not get it from yourself, where will you go for it?'
  A[ 46]='</B>"Zenrin-kushu" &nbsp;(published in 1688),<BR>"Collection of Sayings from the Zen Forest"'

  Q[ 47]='<B>Science is organized knowledge.&nbsp; Wisdom is organized life.'
  A[ 47]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant>Immanuel Kant</A> &nbsp;(17241804)'

  Q[ 48]='<B>One\'s first step in wisdom is to question everything  and one\'s last is to '
        +'come to terms with everything.'
  A[ 48]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Lichtenberg>Georg Lichtenberg</A> &nbsp;(17421799)'

  Q[ 49]='<B>It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.'
  A[ 49]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thoreau>Henry Thoreau</A> &nbsp;(18171862)'

  Q[ 50]='<B>Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of '
        +'thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.'
  A[ 50]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hesse>Herman Hesse</A> &nbsp;(18771962)'

  Q[ 51]='<B>Religion is profounder than science, if only because religion accepts at the '
        +'outset the eternity of human ignorance and the vanity of human power.'
  A[ 51]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant>Will Durant</A> &nbsp;(18851981)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Civilization>The Story of Civilization</A>" 1&nbsp;(11), Our Oriental Heritage, 1935'

  Q[ 52]='<B>God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,<BR> Courage '
        +'to change the things I can,<BR> and Wisdom to know the difference.'
  A[ 52]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Niebuhr>Reinhold Niebuhr</A> &nbsp;(18921971)<BR>"<A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer>Serenity Prayer</A>", 1934'

  Q[ 53]='<B>Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of '
        +'leaving things undone.&nbsp; The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of '
        +'non-essentials.'
  A[ 53]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang>Lin Yutang</A> &nbsp;(18951976)'

  Q[ 54]='<B>You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.&nbsp; You can tell '
        +'whether a man is wise by his questions.'
  A[ 54]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naguib_Mahfouz>Naguib Mahfouz</A> &nbsp;(19112006)'

  Q[ 55]='<B>To every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the '
        +'gates of hell.'
  A[ 55]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman>Richard Feynman</A> &nbsp;(19181988)<BR>"The Value of Science", 1955<BR><FONT COLOR=Gray>In a Buddhist temple there &#91;Honolulu&#93;, the man in charge<BR>explained a little bit about the Buddhist religion for tourists,<BR>and then ended his talk by telling them he had something to say to them<BR>that they would never forget  and I have never forgotten it.<BR>It was a proverb of the Buddhist religion.</FONT>'

  Q[ 56]='<B>The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget, the wise '
        +'forgive but do not forget.'
  A[ 56]='</B><A HREF=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz>Thomas Szasz</A> &nbsp;(Born 1920)<BR>"The Second Sin", 1974'

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