Quotes from Panchatantra

A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted; the ocean is not made muddy by the falling in of its banks.

One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there, it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.

A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.

Knowledge is the true organ of sight, not the eyes.

A man should not keep company with one whose character, family, and abode are unknown.

Avoid the company of wickdes, otherwise you have to pay a heavy price.

Diceive the wicked, and Destroy them without Mercy.

His action no applause invites Who simply good with good repays; He only justly merits praise Who wrongful deeds with kind requites.*

Never give Advice, Unless you are asked for it .

Never let Other's influence you against True Friends.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status such friendship will never give you happiness.

Only the Brave succeed in life.

The lustre of a virtuous character cannot be defaced, nor can the vices of a vicious man ever become lucid. A jewel preserves its lustre, though trodden in the mud, but a brass pot, though placed upon the head, is brass still.

The wife of bad conduct?constantly pleased with quarrelling?she is known by wise men to be cruel Old Age in the form of a wife.

To consider, Is this man of our own or an alien? is a mark of little-minded persons; but the whole earth is of kin to the generous-hearted.*