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Rh Men of knowledge, who have their vast learning locked up in themselves and are denied the graceful gift of the tongue, are like unto a bunch of gaudy flowers, that vainly bloom on a stem and yield no fragrance sweet. (650)

Even it be to save your own beloved mother from starvation, let not your hands be defiled with what the sages have condemned as a heinous wrong. (656)

All the projects you have nobly planned are achieved, if you have strength of will and firmness of mind. (666)

A loving heart, a noble lineage and winning manners mark out a true ambassador. A true ambassador carries conviction home by his persuasive eloquence, has an unperturbed mind and has a just instinct for what is meet for each occasion.(681,686)

He is reckoned a scholar among scholars who can, by the gift of his eloquence, drive home all his thoughts to the learned men in the assembly.

(722) That is the happy land where a bold peasantry with their never-failing plenty and the mighty sages of wisdom and the men of abundant wealth live in sweet concord and amity,

(731) Acquire a great fortune by noble and honourable means; the other two paths of virtue and joy are open unto you. (760)

A well-disciplined army that can bear the brunt of the farmed attackes of the foe is the pride and boast of a sovereign. (761)

He is a true friend who leads you from darkness to light and shares your misfortune. (787)

Digest your food well; cat when you have a keen appetite. And you need no medicine. (942)