"Worthless are those who injure others vengefully, while……" — Thiruvalluvar
"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 day, but the glory of the forbearing lasts until the end of time. Though unjustly aggrieved, it is best to suffer the suffering and refrain from unrighteous retaliation."
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14 Quotes by Thiruvalluvar
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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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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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Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.
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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.
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I was listening," the king said, aggrieved. "I closed my eyes to listen better." "What did you hear?" "I'm not…
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I kissed her," he explained, aggrieved. "Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence."…
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As a Democrat in this Senate, I felt aggrieved by some things the other side has done. I have no…
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I was used to yearning for you. After you returned my love, I felt unsettled and vaguely aggrieved.
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