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If The Bees Which Seek The Liquid Oozing From The Head Of A Lust-intoxicated Elephant Are Driven Away By The Flapping Of His Ears, Then The Elephant Has Lost Only The Ornament Of His Head. The Bees Are Quite Happy In The Lotus Filled Lake.

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If The Bees Which Seek The Liquid Oozing From The Head Of A Lust-intoxicated Elephant Are Driven Away By The Flapping Of His Ears, Then The Elephant Has Lost Only The Ornament Of His Head. The Bees Are Quite Happy In The Lotus Filled Lake.

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The Man Who Remains A Fool Even In Advanced Age Is Really A Fool, Just As The Indra-varuna Fruit Does Not Become Sweet No Matter How Ripe It Might Become.

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There Are Three Gems Upon This Earth; Food, Water, And Pleasing Words - Fools (mudhas) Consider Pieces Of Rocks As Gems.

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Whoever Imposes Severe Punishment Becomes Repulsive To The People; While He Who Awards Mild Punishment Becomes Contemptible. But Whoever Imposes Punishment As Deserved Becomes Respectable.

There Is No Disease So Destructive As Lust.

By Means Of Hearing One Understands Dharma, Malignity Vanishes, Knowledge Is Acquired, And Liberation From Material Bondage Is Gained.

Those Base Men Who Speak Of The Secret Faults Of Others Destroy Themselves Like Serpents That Stray Onto Anthills.

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Whores Don’t Live In Company Of Poor Men, Citizens Never Support A Weak Company And Birds Don’t Build Nests On A Tree That Doesn’t Bear Fruits.

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Knower Of The Means Makes Impossible Tasks Also Possible.

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He Shall Despise None, But Hear The Opinions Of All. A Wise Man Shall Make Use Of Even A Child's Sensible Utterance.

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It Is Better To Be Without A King Than To Have A Bad One.

Defect In One's Limb Ruins A Man.

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Skills Are Called Hidden Treasure As They Save Like A Mother In A Foreign Country.

Moral Excellence Is An Ornament For Personal Beauty; Righteous Conduct, For High Birth; Success For Learning; And Proper Spending For Wealth.

An Enemy Should Be Struck At His Weak Point.

The King Shall Singly Deliberate Over Secret Matters; For Ministers Have Their Own Ministers, And These Latter Some Of Their Own; This Kind Of Successive Line Of Ministers Tends To The Disclosure Of Counsels.

A Man Is Born Alone And Dies Alone; And He Experiences The Good And Bad Consequences Of His Karma Alone; And He Goes Alone To Hell Or The Supreme Abode.

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We Should Always Speak What Would Please The Man Of Whom We Expect A Favour,like The Hunter Who Sings Sweetly When He Desires To Shoot A Deer.

He Whose Son Is Obedient To Him, Whose Wife's Conduct Is In Accordance With His Wishes, And Who Is Content With His Riches, Has His Heaven Here On Earth.

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Do Not Keep Company With A Fool For As We Can See He Is A Two-legged Beast. Like An Unseen Thorn He Pierces The Heart With His Sharp Words.

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Do Not Put Your Trust In Rivers, Men Who Carry Weapons, Beasts With Claws Or Horns, Women, And Members Of A Royal Family.

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The Goddess Of Wealth Is Unsteady, And So Is The Life Breath. The Duration Of Life Is Uncertain, And The Place Of Habitation Is Uncertain; But In All This Inconsistent World Religious Merit Alone Is Immovable.

Considersing The Forebearance Of A Person, Do Not Harass Him.

As A Whole Forest Becomes Fragrant By The Existence Of A Single Tree With Sweet-smelling Blossoms In It, So A Family Becomes Famous By The Birth Of A Virtuous Son.

The Man Who Is Praised By Others Is Regarded As Worthy Though He May Be Really Void Of All Merit. But The Man Who Sings His Own Praises Becomes Disgraced Though He Should Be Indra, The Possessor Of All Excellencies.

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A Thing May Be Dreaded As Long As It Has Not Overtaken You.

Do Not Pass Between Two Brahmanas, Between A Brahmana And His Sacrificial Fire, Between A Wife And Her Husband, A Master And His Servant, And A Plough And An Ox.

He Who Wears Unclean Garments, Has Dirty Teeth, Is A Glutton, Speaks Unkindly And Sleeps After Sunrise - Although He May Be The Greatest Personality - Will Lose The Favour Of Lakshmi.

Even A Captured Enemy Is Not To Be Trusted.

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We Should Not Fret For What Is Past, Nor Should We Be Anxious About The Future; Men Of Discernment Deal Only With The Present Moment.

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He Who Loses His Money Is Forsaken By His Friends, His Wife, His Servants And His Relations; Yet When He Regains His Riches Those Who Have Forsaken Him Come Back To Him. Hence Wealth Is Certainly The Best Of Relations.

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Even If A Snake Is Not Poisonous, It Should Pretend To Be Venomous.

Evil Person Causes Harm Even If Treated Will.

There Is Poison In The Fang Of The Serpent, In The Mouth Of The Fly And In The Sting Of A Scorpion; But The Wicked Man Is Saturated With It.

The Disgrace Of One's People Brings Sorrow To The Nobel Minded.

If A King Is Energetic, His Subjects Will Be Equally Energetic.

He Who Has Wealth Has Friends.

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Books Are As Useful To A Stupid Person As A Mirror Is Useful To A Blind Person.

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