Thiruvalluvar Quotes

“Cling to the One who clings to nothing;
And so clinging, cease to cling.”

“Conquer with forbearance
The excesses of insolence”

“Fame is a jealous mistress
And will brook no rival.”

“Folded hands may conceal a dagger.
Likewise a foe's tears.”

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

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

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

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

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

“The immoral can no more earn respect
Than the envious be rich.”

“The vast world rainless, one may bid adieu
To charity and penance.”

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

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

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else
Is else, and without praise.”

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