"Better the arrow that missed the lion than……" — Thiruvalluvar
"Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit."
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14 Quotes by Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar has 14 quotes on this site.
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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…
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Real kindness seeks no return.
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How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
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Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and…
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Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.
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Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while those who stoically endure are like stored gold. The gratification of the…
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A fortress is of no use to cowards.
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Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.
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Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.
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The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.
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Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.
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The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.
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More Arrow Quotes
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18…
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks…
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
— Richard Sibbes
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While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Fate's arrow, when expected, travels slow.
— Dante Alighieri
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Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow…
— Rumi
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Famous archer, Howard Hill won all of the 267 archery contests he entered. He could hit a bullseye at 50…
— Zig Ziglar
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Sometimes you have tons of money, and still you are miserable, you are not satisfied. The bow of gratitude and…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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As the arrow that leaves the bow cannot be recaptured, what we say, senselessly, about others causes us great harm.
— Sylvia Fraser
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Read the flight of your arrow if you want to know your future.
— Alessandro Baricco
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