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Kindness can turn the bad man’s heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

Bhartrhari

I have not wasted life, but life hath wasted me.
BHARTRHARI

Life Wasted Life
The moth unwitting rushes on the fire, Through ignorance the fish devours the bait, We men know well the foes that lie in wait, Yet cannot shun the meshes of desire.
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Ignorance Lying Men
The constant man loses not his virtue in misfortune. A torch may point towards the ground, but its flame will still point upwards.
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Flames Men Torch
Trees bend low with ripened fruit; clouds hang down with gentle rain; noble people bow graciously. This is the way of generous things.
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Clouds People Rain
Even the severed branch grows again, and the sunken moon returns: wise men who ponder this are not troubled in adversity.
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Adversity Moon Wise
Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th’ only jewel he should wear.
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Flower Hair Men
Trees loaded with fruit are bent down; the clouds when charged with fresh rain hang down near the earth: even so good men are not uplifted through prosperity. Such is the natural character of the liberal.
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Character Men Rain
There is no medicine to cure a fool!
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Cures Fool Medicine
Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass.
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Blades Money Virtue
Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.
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Giving Lying Two
For a moment man is a boy, for a moment a lovesick youth, for a moment bereft of wealth, for a moment in the height of prosperity; then at life’s end with limbs worn out by old age and wrinkles adorning his face, like an actor he retires behind the curtain of death.
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Boys Men Wrinkles
Idleness is a great enemy to mankind. There is no friend like energy, for, if you cultivate that, it will never fail.
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Enemy Energy Friends No
Knowledge is wonderful and truth serene But man in their service bleeds.
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Knowledge Men Wonderful
What is the most profitable? Fellowship with the good. What is the worst thing in the world? The society of evil men. What is the greatest loss? Failure in ones duty.
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Happiness Hero Peace
Man is but a beast without it: such a glorious god is Learning.
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Beast Learning Men
A good man may fall, but he falls like a ball [and rebounds]; the ignoble man falls like a lump of clay.
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Fall Good Man Men

Kindness can turn the bad man’s heart, and fools convert to wise, Make poison into nectar-juice, and friends of enemies.

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