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Thiruvalluvar quotes: To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand,Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there. To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand,Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: They who in trouble untroubled areWill trouble trouble itself. They who in trouble untroubled are
Will trouble trouble itself.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The wound that's made by fire will heal,But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal. The wound that's made by fire will heal,But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world. It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,
Which moves the world.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death. Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age. Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange. The only gift is giving to the poor;
All else is exchange.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented. The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The vast world rainless, one may bid adieuTo charity and penance. The vast world rainless, one may bid adieu
To charity and penance.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world. Those are fools however learned
Who have not learned to walk with the world.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it;So wealth will be with those of a like disposition. The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it;So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself. Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion? How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Anger kills both laughter and joy;What greater foe is there than anger? Anger kills both laughter and joy;What greater foe is there than anger?
Thiruvalluvar quotes: A fortress is of no use to cowards. A fortress is of no use to cowards.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Foolish people inflict pain upon them self which is worse than what an enemy can bring upon. Foolish people inflict pain upon them self which is worse than what an enemy can bring upon.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect. Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us. It is politics to please and hoodwink those
Who flatter but despise us.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Not every light is a true light;To the wise the light of truth is light itself. Not every light is a true light;To the wise the light of truth is light itself.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: How can kindliness rule that manWho eateth other flesh to increase his own? How can kindliness rule that manWho eateth other flesh to increase his own?
Thiruvalluvar quotes: As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends. As the quality of water changes with the nature of the soil;So will a man's reason vary with the quality of his friends.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones. Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Consider a man's good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more. Consider a man's good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others. The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it. From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools. Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know. Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not be benevolence of the blameless. Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not be benevolence of the blameless.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Folded hands may conceal a dagger --Likewise a foe's tears. Folded hands may conceal a dagger --
Likewise a foe's tears.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune;His jewels are his good children. The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune;His jewels are his good children.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The immoral can no more earn respectThan the envious be rich. The immoral can no more earn respect
Than the envious be rich.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar. The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: I never saw Death before, and now I seeThat it is warring eyes in a woman's form. I never saw Death before, and now I see
That it is warring eyes in a woman's form.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: When you are about to badger the weak,Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man. When you are about to badger the weak,Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil;They exist and that is all. The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil;They exist and that is all.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit. Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The learned are said to have seeing eyes;The unlearned have only two sores on their faces. The learned are said to have seeing eyes;The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame
Thiruvalluvar quotes: To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;To bear with fools is mightiest might. To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;To bear with fools is mightiest might.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence. Conquer with forbearance
The excesses of insolence.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought. Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar. The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Virtue alone is happiness; all elseIs else, and without praise. Virtue alone is happiness; all else
Is else, and without praise.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail,So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger. Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail,So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival. Fame is a jealous mistress
And will brook no rival.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water,So men's height is just as great as their inner strength. The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water,So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one. Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing. Those who have wisdom have all:
Fools with all have nothing.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return. To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed. When the rare chance comes, seize it
To do the rare deed.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven He who on earth has lived in the conjugal state as he should live, will be placed among the Gods who dwell in heaven
Thiruvalluvar quotes: In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow. In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,Gathers and melts. Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,
Gathers and melts.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state
Thiruvalluvar quotes: When no food is given to the ear,Then let a little be given to the stomach. When no food is given to the ear,Then let a little be given to the stomach.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you Even if someone does something that brings bad to you,do something good for them and make them feel shy for what they have done to you
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen. Make foes of bowmen if you must,
Never of penmen.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: To get wealth and security by guileIs like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay. To get wealth and security by guileIs like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories. It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,
The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Even the ignorant may appear very worthy,If they keep silent before the learned. Even the ignorant may appear very worthy,If they keep silent before the learned.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Reasoning with a drunkard is likeGoing under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man. Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society. There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Cling to the One who clings to nothing;And so clinging, cease to cling. Cling to the One who clings to nothing;
And so clinging, cease to cling.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: Whatever things a man gives up,By those he cannot suffer pain. Whatever things a man gives up,By those he cannot suffer pain.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind. This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it. There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: If men must beg to live,May the Creator also go wandering and perish. If men must beg to live,May the Creator also go wandering and perish.
Thiruvalluvar quotes: If people scrutinize their own faults as they do the faults of others,Mankind will be freed of all evil. If people scrutinize their own faults as they do the faults of others,Mankind will be freed of all evil.

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