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Real kindness seeks no return.
A fortress is of no use to cowards.
Make foes of bowmen if you must, Never of penmen.
Conquer with forbearance The excesses of insolence.
Fame is a jealous mistress And will brook no rival.
When the rare chance comes, seize it To do the rare deed.
The ignorant torment themselves more than they do others.
The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.
Be wise among the wise, but pretend to be dull among fools.
Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert, Gathers and melts.
This world is not for the poor, nor the next for the unkind.
Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.
They who in trouble untroubled are Will trouble trouble itself.
Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.
It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues, Which moves the world.
If men must beg to live, May the Creator also go wandering and perish.
Better the arrow that missed the lion than the one that killed a rabbit.
Anger kills both laughter and joy; What greater foe is there than anger?
The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil; They exist and that is all.
The gruel that children's little hands have stirredIs sweeter than nectar.
Those who worship God only, can get rid of anxiety of mind; others cannot.
Those are fools however learned Who have not learned to walk with the world.
When no food is given to the ear, Then let a little be given to the stomach.
How can kindliness rule that man Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?
There is no greater wealth than Virtue,And no greater loss than to forget it.
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion?
The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune; His jewels are his good children.
Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.
To turn away a guest is poorest poverty; To bear with fools is mightiest might.
Not every light is a true light; To the wise the light of truth is light itself.
Even the ignorant may appear very worthy, If they keep silent before the learned.
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.
When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.
It is the prowess of scholars that meetings bring delight and departures leave memories.
Those who pretend to know what they don't, will be thought ignorant of even what they know.
To get wealth and security by guile Is like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.
The learned are said to have seeing eyes; The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.
Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.
The wound that's made by fire will heal, But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.
Pleasant speech yields joy to all, and observing this, is there any need for unpleasant speech?
Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.
Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail, So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.
There may be many who will gladly face death in the battlefield, but few who will face a hostile society.
The lotus' stem is as long as the depth of water, So men's height is just as great as their inner strength.
A man who always speaks the truth wholeheartedly is greater than those who do penance and deeds of charity.
To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.
The entire world is a witness to the phenomenon that sorrows keep away from the kindhearted and compassionate.
To guard and to deal with others' goods as one's own is considered as the mark of proper trade among merchants.
A wise person does not undertake any business with the risk of losing the capital money in search of making a profit.