1.To save a family, abandon a man; to save the village, abandon a family; to save the country, abandon a village; to save the soul, abandon the earth."
2. When the Gods deal defeat to a person, they first take his mind away, so that he sees things wrongly. Time does not raise a stick and clobber a man's head; the power of Time is just this upended view of things.
3. A grey head does not make an elder. .... Not by years, not by grey hairs, not by riches or many relations did the seers make the Law: He is great to us who has learning
4.Those seeds of grains they call rice and so forth, they are all alive, good brahmin, what do you think of that? ....... Come to think of it, no one fails here to hurt
5.When shown the door, take the door, and put no trust in kings
6.A man should avoid these six like a leaking boat in the ocean: a teacher who does not teach, a priest who has not studied, a king who fails to protect, a wife who is abusive, a cowherd who wants a village, and a barber who wants a forest.
7.Those prone to get drunk get drunk on knowledge, wealth, and good birth; but the same are triumphs of the strict.
8. He is a fool that practises truth without knowing the difference between truth and falsehood
9.Brahma said: Well, I shall now tell you somehing more. With even a thousand (explanations), one that has a bad understanding succeeds not in acquiring knowledge. One, however, that is endured with intelligence succeeds in attaining happiness, through only a fourth share (of explanations)
10..Whatever is here, is found elsewhere. But what is not here, is nowhere else
SOME MEANING FULL QUOTES FROM 5000 YEARS OLD TEXT BOOKS
2. When the Gods deal defeat to a person, they first take his mind away, so that he sees things wrongly. Time does not raise a stick and clobber a man's head; the power of Time is just this upended view of things.
3. A grey head does not make an elder. .... Not by years, not by grey hairs, not by riches or many relations did the seers make the Law: He is great to us who has learning
4.Those seeds of grains they call rice and so forth, they are all alive, good brahmin, what do you think of that? ....... Come to think of it, no one fails here to hurt
5.When shown the door, take the door, and put no trust in kings
6.A man should avoid these six like a leaking boat in the ocean: a teacher who does not teach, a priest who has not studied, a king who fails to protect, a wife who is abusive, a cowherd who wants a village, and a barber who wants a forest.
7.Those prone to get drunk get drunk on knowledge, wealth, and good birth; but the same are triumphs of the strict.
8. He is a fool that practises truth without knowing the difference between truth and falsehood
9.Brahma said: Well, I shall now tell you somehing more. With even a thousand (explanations), one that has a bad understanding succeeds not in acquiring knowledge. One, however, that is endured with intelligence succeeds in attaining happiness, through only a fourth share (of explanations)
10..Whatever is here, is found elsewhere. But what is not here, is nowhere else
SOME MEANING FULL QUOTES FROM 5000 YEARS OLD TEXT BOOKS
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