Thiruvalluvar Quotes

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• Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.

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  Wise, Impossible, Careful

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• Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.

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  Wise, Dull, Fool

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• Real kindness seeks no return.

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  Kindness, Real, Words Of Wisdom

  "Tirukkural" by Thiruvalluvar, (Verse XXII.1), 1840.

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• There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.

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  Loss, Forget, Wealth

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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• The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water,
  So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.

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  Men, Long, Water

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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• The only gift is giving to the poor;
  All else is exchange.

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  Giving, Poor, Giving To The Poor

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• Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.

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  Arrows, Rabbits, Lions

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• The biggest fool is he who has learned much, taught much, and is still discontented.

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  Fool, Taught, Stills

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• The wound that's made by fire will heal,
  But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.

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  Fire, Tongue, Made

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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• Not every light is a true light;
  To the wise the light of truth is light itself.

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  Wise, Light, Truth Is

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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• Friendship with the wise gets better with time, as a good book gets better with age.

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  Friendship, Wise, Book

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• 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.

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  Men, Water, Quality

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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• How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?

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  Compassion, Flesh, Shows

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• When the rare chance comes, seize it
  To do the rare deed.

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  Deeds, Chance

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• 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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  Suffering, Gold, Lasts

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• A fortress is of no use to cowards.

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  Coward, Use, Cowardice

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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 power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

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• To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand,
  Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.

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  Hands, Use, Bitter Words

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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

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  Moving, Compassion, World

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• They who in trouble untroubled are
  Will trouble trouble itself.

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  Adversity, Endurance, Calm

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• 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.

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  Wise, Mother, Son

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• Whatever things a man gives up,
  By those he cannot suffer pain.

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  Giving Up, Pain, Men

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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

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  Fool

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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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  Hypocrisy, Ignorant, Knows

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• To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;
  To bear with fools is mightiest might.

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  Guests, Might, Poverty

  "Tirukkural". Book by Thiruvalluvar, 1840.

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