Results for: Tirukural

Tirukkural 436: Correction of Faults
What fault will remain in the king who has put away his own evils, and looks after the...

Tirukkural 443: Seeking the Aid of Great Men
To cherish great men and make them his own, is the most difficult of all difficult things.

Tirukkural 454: Avoiding Mean Associations
Wisdom appears to rest in the mind, but it really exists to a man in his companions.

Tirukkural 476: Know Your Limitations
There will be an end to the life of him who, having climbed out to the end of...

Tirukkural 486: Knwoing the Fitting Time
The self-restraint of the energetic (while waiting for a suitable opportunity), is like the drawing back of a...

Tirukkural 495: Knowing the Place
In deep water, a crocodile will conquer (all other animals); but if it leave the water, other animals...

Tirukkural 940: Gambling
As the gambler loves (his vice) the more he loses by it, so does the soul love (the...

Tirukkural 501: Selection and Confidence
Let (a minister) be chosen, after he has been tried by means of these four things, viz,-his virtue,...

Tirukkural 513: Selection and Confidence
Let the choice (of a king) fall upon him who largely possesses these four things, love, knowledge, a...