35 sayings with source references.
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If the friendship of the good be interrupted, their minds admit of no long change; as when the stalks of a lotus are broken the filaments within them are more visibly cemented.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 116
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A man eminent in learning has not even a little virtue if he fears to practise it. What precious things can be shown to a blind man when he holds a lamp in his hand?Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 143
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Good actions lead to success, as good medicines to a cure: a healthy man is joyful, and a diligent man attains learning; a just man gains the reward of his virtue.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 145
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Like an earthen pot, a bad man is easily broken, and cannot readily be restored to his former situation; but a virtuous man, like a vase of gold, is broken with difficulty, and easily repaired.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 15
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The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will give joy in the time of distress to his enemies.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 172
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To address a judicious remark to a thoughtless man is a mere threshing of chaff.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 193
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The interval is immense between corporeal qualifications and sciences: the body in a moment is extinct, but knowledge endureth to the end of time.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 204
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He who has wealth has friends; he who has wealth has relations; he who has wealth is a hero among the people; he who has wealth is even a sage.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 210
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Knowledge acquired by a man of low degree places him on a level with a prince, as a small river attains the irremeable ocean; and his fortune is then exalted.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 218
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Amongst all possessions knowledge appears pre-eminent. The wise call it supreme riches, because it can never be lost, has no price, and can at no time be destroyed.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 225
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The potter forms what he pleases with soft clay, so a man accomplishes his works by his own act.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 249
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What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 281
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Knowledge is destroyed by associating with the base; with equals equality is gained, and with the distinguished, distinction.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 3
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A prudent man will not discover his poverty, his self-torments, the disorders of his house, his uneasiness, or his disgrace.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 31
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A hundred long leagues is no distance for him who would quench the thirst of covetousness; but a contented mind has no solicitude for grasping wealth.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 310
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Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 316
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Learning dissipates many doubts, and causes things otherwise invisible to be seen, and is the eye of everyone who is not absolutely blind.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 342
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In the sandal-tree are serpents, in the water lotus flowers, but crocodiles also; even virtues are marred by the vicious--in all enjoyments there is something which impairs our happiness.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 352
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Through avarice a man loses his understanding, and by his thirst for wealth he gives pain to the inhabitants of both worlds.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 38
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Empty is the house of a childless man; as empty is the mind of a bachelor; empty are all quarters of the world to an ignorant man; but poverty is total emptiness.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 410
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Skill in advising others is easily attained by men; but to practise righteousness themselves is what only a few can succeed in doing.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 443
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Liberality attended with mild language; learning without pride; valour united with mercy; wealth accompanied with a generous contempt of it--these four qualities are with difficulty acquired.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 449
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Knowledge produces mildness of speech; mildness of speech, a good character; a good character, wealth; wealth, if virtuous actions attend it, happiness.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 454
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By the fall of water-drops the pot is filled: such is the increase of riches, of knowledge, and of virtue.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 460
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