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The son of a man of low origin becomes a king's minister, a fool's son a learned man, a pauper's son a millionaire: do not, therefore, despise men.

A pupil who, by a desire of knowledge, learns off a great deal, that knowledge he is unable to reproduce, just as a dumb person, seeing a dream, is unable to give utterance to it.

A potter does not strike a pot to break it, but to fashion it: a teacher beats his pupils to increase their knowledge, not to throw them into the states of suffering.

The man who rolls up the taggara with the palâsa leaf finds that a fragrant odour is emitted from the leaf itself: serving the wise produces a similar result.