By depending on the great, The small may rise high. See: the little plant ascending the tall tree Has climbed to the top.
Sakya PanditaWith gifts, you may gather your enemies about you. When giving nothing, even your own family will leave.
Sakya PanditaIf one is intelligent and applies himself well, what can he not accomplish? Even small bands of people, I have heard, have defeated whole armies.
Sakya PanditaMuch talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.
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