Thiruvalluvar > Quotes

“Make foes of bowmen if you must,
Never of penmen.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“It is compassion, the most gracious of virtues,
Which moves the world.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Those who have wisdom have all:
Fools with all have nothing.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“When the rare chance comes, seize it
To do the rare deed.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“The immoral can no more earn respect
Than the envious be rich.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Cling to the One who clings to nothing;
And so clinging, cease to cling.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Those are fools however learned
Who have not learned to walk with the world.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“Although an act of help done timely, might be small in nature, it is truly larger than the world itself.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“Folded hands may conceal a dagger --
Likewise a foe's tears.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“Fame is a jealous mistress
And will brook no rival.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations

“The vast world rainless, one may bid adieu
To charity and penance.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“I never saw Death before, and now I see
That it is warring eyes in a woman's form.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Great wealth, like a crowd at a concert,
Gathers and melts.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“Foolish people inflict pain upon them self which is worse than what an enemy can bring upon.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“If people scrutinize their own faults as they do the faults of others,Mankind will be freed of all evil.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations

“Conquer with forbearance
The excesses of insolence.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“It is politics to please and hoodwink those
Who flatter but despise us.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Consider a man’s good qualities, and consider his faults; and judge his character by that which is more.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“அன்பிலார் எல்லாம் தமக்குரியர் அன்புடையார்
என்பும் உரியர் பிறர்க்கு.”
― Thiruvalluvar

“There is a limit for everything. You can't just load tons and tons of peacock feathers in a cart considering it's light weight. If you do, it will damage the axle of the cart.”
― Thiruvalluvar

“Virtue alone is happiness; all else
Is else, and without praise.”
― Tiruvalluvar, Kural

“Uttering foul words, while there are the sweetest of words, is like going for the unripe fruits while there are a lot of ripe ones.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“கற்க கசடறக் கற்பவை கற்றபின்
நிற்க அதற்குத் தக.”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural

“எண்ணென்ப ஏனை எழுத்தென்ப இவ்விரண்டும்
கண்ணென்ப வாழும் உயிர்க்கு..”
― Thiruvalluvar, Thirukkural