35 sayings with source references.
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Even a blockhead may respect inspire, So long as he is suitably attired; A fool may gain esteem among the wise, So long as he has sense to hold his tongue.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 465
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Prosperity is acquired by exertion, and there is no fruit for him who doth not exert himself: the fawns go not into the mouth of a sleeping lion.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 468
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A husband is the chief ornament of a wife, though she have no other ornament; but, though adorned, without a husband she has no ornaments.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 490
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Prosperity attends the lion-hearted man who exerts himself, while we say, destiny will ensure it. Laying aside destiny, show manly fortitude by thy own strength: if thou endeavour, and thy endeavours fail of success, what crime is there in failing?Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 510
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Not to attend at the door of the wealthy, and not to use the voice of petition--these constitute the best life of a man.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 581
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A feverish display of over-zeal, At the first outset, is an obstacle To all success; water, however cold, Will penetrate the ground by slow degrees.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 586
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E'en as a traveller, meeting with the shade Of some o'erhanging tree, awhile reposes, Then leaves its shelter to pursue his way, So men meet friends, then part with them for ever.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 588
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He who seeks wealth sacrifices his own pleasure, and, like him who carries burdens for others, bears the load of anxiety.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 77
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Circumspection in calamity; mercy in greatness; good speeches in assemblies; fortitude in adversity: these are the self-attained perfections of great souls.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 78
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A stranger who is kind is a kinsman; an unkind kinsman is a stranger.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 91
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The man who neither gives in charity nor enjoys his wealth, which every day increases, breathes, indeed, like the bellows of a smith, but cannot be said to live.Tradizione indiana · Hitopadesa · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 94
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