Walpola RahulaThe name one gives is inessential. What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by other name would smell as sweet.
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In this quote, Shakespeare is saying that names have no real power. If you can call a rose by another name and it still smells the same, it doesn't really matter what the name is. The only real difference between the rose and another name for it is that we may not like what we've called it.
Source: What The Buddha Taught: Revised And Expanded Edition With Texts From Suttas And Dhammapada
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