Quotes by Thiruvalluvar

“The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.”

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

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

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

“She who has the excellence of home virtues, and can expend within the means of her husband, is a help in the domestic state”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“Consider a mans good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.”

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

“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”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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”

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