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man should not be loved much, being as unstable as a jar half-full of water carried along on the head.

A snake is harmful; a wicked man is harmful, a wicked man being more harmful than a snake: a snake is brought to subjection by charms and drugs—how can a wicked man be subdued?

The fool who knows his ignorance is a wise man on that very account; a fool who deems himself wise, he is called a fool indeed!

So long as his sin does not ripen, a fool considers it as sweet as honey; when his sin ripens, he then undergoes suffering.

It is not good for a foolish man to be strong; he obtains his possessions by force: on the dissolution of the body he goes to hell, being of little understanding.

A mouse is destructive in a house, a monkey in the forest; injurious among birds is the crow, among men a Brahman.