Top 70 Quotes & Sayings by Thiruvalluvar - Page 2

The learned are said to have seeing eyes; The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.

Fame is a jealous mistress And will brook no rival.

Among the wealthy, compassionate men claim the richest wealth, For material wealth is possessed by even contemptible men. Find and follow the good path and be ruled by compassion. For if the various ways are examined, compassion will prove the means to liberation.

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

How can kindliness rule that man Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?

Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail, So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.

To get wealth and security by guile Is like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.

The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.

It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories.

The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil; They exist and that is all.