Quotes by Thiruvalluvar

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

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

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

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

“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”

“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.”

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

“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”

“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”

“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.”

“Make foes of bowmen if you must,Never of penmen.”

“In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.”

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

“Fame is a jealous mistressAnd will brook no rival.”