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abqtommy

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Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:56 PM Apr 2020

I read the following quote in a book by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson, 'Variable Star':

“People with opinions just go around bothering each other.” (attributed to The Buddha)

website text follows:

"When I first saw this quote I thought I was certain that it was fake. After a bit of investigation I came to be conclusion that it’s a paraphrase, but close enough to the original to be considered a genuine quote.

The original of this striking verse is found in the Magandiya Suta in the Sutta Nipata, which is generally held to be one of the oldest collection of texts in the Pali canon."

Very interesting... more at link:

https://fakebuddhaquotes.com/people-with-opinions-just-go-around-bothering-each-other/

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I read the following quote in a book by Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson, 'Variable Star': (Original Post) abqtommy Apr 2020 OP
Applies in spades to MAGAts and body baggers and superspreader churches. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #1
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