Quotes from Thiruvalluvar

Real kindness seeks no return.

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

Indulgence in frivolous speech not only reveals one's lack of moral character, but it deprives him of good qualities also.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

If men must beg to live, May the Creator also go wandering and perish.

To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.

Whatever things a man gives up, By those he cannot suffer pain.

Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.

Anger kills both laughter and joy; What greater foe is there than anger?

One who cannot live in harmony with others is regarded as an ignorant fool, even if he happens to be very learned in various matters.

Those who give way to great anger are like the dead:Those who are free from anger are free from death.

The enemies cannot destroy the king who has at his service the respect and friendship of the wise men who can find fault, disagree, and correct him.