Thiruvalluvar

The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.

— Thiruvalluvar

Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.

— Thiruvalluvar

Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.

— Thiruvalluvar

Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.

— Thiruvalluvar

Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

— Thiruvalluvar

When no food is given to the ear, Then let a little be given to the stomach.

— Thiruvalluvar

To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.

— Thiruvalluvar

Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail, So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.

— Thiruvalluvar

The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it; So wealth will be with those of a…

— Thiruvalluvar

Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.

— Thiruvalluvar

Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

— Thiruvalluvar

As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his…

— Thiruvalluvar

Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of…

— Thiruvalluvar

Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.

— Thiruvalluvar

This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.

— Thiruvalluvar

Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

— Thiruvalluvar

Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.

— Thiruvalluvar

Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the…

— Thiruvalluvar

There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society.

— Thiruvalluvar

The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.

— Thiruvalluvar

How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

— Thiruvalluvar

The learned are said to have seeing eyes; The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.

— Thiruvalluvar

There is no greater wealth than Virtue, and no greater loss than to forget it.

— Thiruvalluvar

To turn away a guest is poorest poverty; To bear with fools is mightiest might.

— Thiruvalluvar

If men must beg to live, May the Creator also go wandering and perish.

— Thiruvalluvar