Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.
Thiruvalluvar, Kural.
“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.”
“It is politics to please and hoodwink thoseWho flatter but despise us.”
“Those are fools however learnedWho have not learned to walk with the world.”
“When the rare chance comes, seize itTo do the rare deed.”
“It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,Which moves the world.”
“England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last.”
“Conquer with forbearanceThe excesses of insolence.”
“My master wishes to see you," said the mounted man."When the planting's done," I said."Lord Barton is unaccustomed to waiting.""Then he should rejoice, for he'll learn something new today." I went ...”
“Once he has outgrown his youth, a man will rarely remain a prisoner to his insolence. He had thought it was the only way to behave; then he suddenly discovers that, even for a prince, there are suc...”
“I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?”
“Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.”