False friends Quotes by Tiruvalluvar

“Folded hands may conceal a dagger -- Likewise a foe's tears.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“The vast world rainless, one may bid adieu To charity and penance.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“Cling to the One who clings to nothing; And so clinging, cease to cling.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else Is else, and without praise.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“The immoral can no more earn respect Than the envious be rich.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“It is politics to please and hoodwink those Who flatter but despise us.”

— Tiruvalluvar

“I never saw Death before, and now I see That it is warring eyes in a woman's form.”

— Tiruvalluvar