Thirukkural
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“From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.”
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“To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.”
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“If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward”
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“Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.”
“It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues, Which moves the world.”
“Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.”
“Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert, Gathers and melts.”
“Those are fools however learned Who have not learned to walk with the world.”
“The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.”
“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.”
“Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.”
“There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.”
“The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune; His jewels are his good children.”
“The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.”
“The wound that's made by fire will heal, But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.”
“To turn away a guest is poorest poverty; To bear with fools is mightiest might.”
“When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.”
“How can kindliness rule that man Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?”
“Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.”
“Anger kills both laughter and joy; What greater foe is there than anger?”
“Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.”
“The learned are said to have seeing eyes; The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.”
“Even the ignorant may appear very worthy, If they keep silent before the learned.”