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"One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase."
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Source: Gautama Buddha (2013). “The Dhammapada”, p.12, Simon and Schuster
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