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Those who have wisdom have all:Fools with all have nothing.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Virtue Wisdom

I never saw Death before, and now I seeThat it is warring eyes in a woman's form.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Death Love Woman

When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Time Virtue

It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar False Friends Politics Virtue

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

Thiruvalluvar Damage Discomfort Harm Harsh Heart Hurt Injure Ruinland Scars Speech Spoil Suffering Words Wound Wreck

If the married life possess love and virtue, these will be both its duty and reward

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Family Family Relationship Husband Love Relationship Wife

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

Thiruvalluvar Domestic Excellence Family Father Home Husband Kids Love Mother Parents Relationship Virtue Wife

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

Thiruvalluvar Earth Endurance Fortitude Ill Patience Quality Resignation Respect Restraint Self Restraint Speech Stoicism Sufferance Tolerance Withstand Words

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

Thiruvalluvar Foul Words Humbleness Kind Speech Sweet Talk Talk Words

Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Learning Right Conduct Virtue

Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Character Consider Faults Friendship Judge Man Qualities Relationship Wise Man

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

Thiruvalluvar Apologize Bad Forgiveness Good Kindness Love Maturity Regret Vice Virtue Wise

Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one's honor in case of accidental state of undress, so does a friend come to his friend's aid without being asked

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Aid Friend Friends Friendship Help Protection

It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Compassion Virtue

To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Act Action Activity Deeds Evil Good Harm Kindness Love Shame Virtue

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

Thiruvalluvar Affection Clever Education Enlightenment Intelligent Joyousness Kindness Learned Love Mother Sagacious Sage Son Wise

Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,Gathers and melts.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Wealth

Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Strategy Virtue Writers

In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Education Experience Grasp Knowledge Learn Master Proficient Skill Study Teacher Understanding Wisdom

Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Action Decide Exercise Look Back Regret Research Shame Think Think Well Wise

There is a limit for everything. You can't just load tons and tons of peacock feathers in a cart considering it's light weight. If you do, it will damage the axle of the cart.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Adding Aspiration Break Conquering Control Damage Feelings Hurt Limitation Satisfaction

Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Fame Greatness Jealousy Virtue

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Certainty Fact False Hearing Honesty Sincerity Truth Understand Veracity Verity Wisdom

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

Thiruvalluvar Earth Faith God Heaven Live Love Moral Virtue

The immoral can no more earn respectThan the envious be rich.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Respect Right Conduct Virtue

Reasoning with a drunkard is likeGoing under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Alcohol Analogy Drowning Drunkard Dunk Reason Reasoning Simile Torch Water

A timely benefit, -though thing of little worth,The gift itself, -in excellence transcends the earth

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Benefit Earth Excellence Gift Help Need Time Worth

Forsake not the friendship of those who have been your staff in adversity, Forget not be benevolence of the blameless.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Adversity Benevolence Blame Blameless Forsake Friendship

Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Help Helpful Helping Helping Hand Helping Others

Cling to the One who clings to nothing;And so clinging, cease to cling.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Renunciation Virtue

Folded hands may conceal a dagger --Likewise a foe's tears.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar False Friends Virtue

The vast world rainless, one may bid adieuTo charity and penance.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Penance Rain Virtue

Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Forbearance Insolence Virtue

Virtue alone is happiness; all elseIs else, and without praise.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Virtue

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Friendship Wise Service

The most valuable wealth of a man is his knowledge, which cannot be destroyed; all other riches that he has gained are not considered to be wealth at all.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Man Wealth Which

To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Wisdom Flowers World

People of noble character are afraid of keeping friendship with dishonorable people. But people of discreditable character consider friendship with the dishonorable as a blood relationship.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Relationship Character

It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.

~ Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar Good Grow Forget
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