User:Chirurgien/Sandbox2

Wikicode shamelessly stolen from the English Wikipedia

They are in this sandbox for fellow Wikicode-thieves to learn from, as well as for me to attempt to deconstruct them and use them for my own purposes.

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A really nice box

THE great disturbing factor in a man's life is ignorance of good and evil;

mistaken ideas about these frequently rob us of our greatest pleasures,
and torment us with the most cruel pain of mind.
Hence we need the aid of Wisdom,
to rid us of our fears and appetites,
to root out all our errors and prejudices,
and to serve as our infallible guide to the attainment of pleasure.
Wisdom alone can banish sorrow from our hearts and protect its front alarm and apprehension;
put yourself to school with her, and you may live in peace,
and quench the glowing flames of desire.
For the desires are incapable of satisfaction;
they ruin not individuals only but whole families,
nay often shake the very foundations of the state.

IT IS THEY that are the source of hatred, quarreling, and strife, of sedition and of war.

Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum