Thiruvalluvar Quotes

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• Among a man's many good possessions, A good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore,…
• Real kindness seeks no return.
• How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
• Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the good path and…
• Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.
• Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the vengeful lasts only for a…
• A fortress is of no use to cowards.
• Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.
• Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.
• The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.
• Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.
• The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.
• Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.
• There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society.

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