Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases.
ChanakyaA man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.
ChanakyaWhat good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
ChanakyaThe man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.
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