Panchatantra Quotes

“You get more cuts Where there's already a wound, And when the money is short, You feel more hungry than usual!' And, 'When you are”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“someone has riches and is unable to enjoy them, it's the same as if he had nothing.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Don't give up hope,' said the jackal, 'it's a fact that an enemy can be destroyed by a trick.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“For the sake of wealth there're 7 types of commerce: perfume trade, moneylending, cow related trade & activities, serving known customers (because he wouldn't use foul language), false pricing of products (buying at less & selling at higher prices), underweighing, importing.

Of all saleable products, perfume trade is the best, which is incomparable to gold etc; and which can be sold for 100 times its cost”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“There is no object that cannot be obtained through money. Therefore, the wise should strive to attain wealth.

One who has wealth, has friends; one who has wealth, has allies. One who has wealth, only he is a man in this world; one who has wealth, he is a scholar.

It's not knowledge, nor charity, nor craft, nor art, nor the stability of the rich, that the petitioners don’t praise.

In this world even strangers are relatives of the rich. The poor people's own family members also always become wicked.

By the growth and accumulation of wealth, all tasks get done. Just like rivers flow out of the mountains and complete all work.

Even the undeserving get worshipped because of wealth, even the inaccessible becomes accessible, even the ignoble gets praised; all these are the influence of wealth.

Just as all senses are strengthened by eating, all works are accomplished with money. That's why money is said to be the means of everything.

For the desire of wealth, man even visits the cremation grounds. A poor man abandons even his own parents.

Even among the old, those who have money, are young. The poor turn old even in their youth.

People can obtain money in 6 ways: begging, royal service, farming, education, transactions and commerce. Of these commerce is unanimously beneficial. Many people have begged, even kings don't pay enough, farming is difficult, education is very different from the teacher's humbleness, debt can also impoverish; I don't consider any other means of livelihood than commerce.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Whoever reads and listens to this book ethics, he never faces defeat even from Indra”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“There's no end to written books, the situation is short and obstacles are many. That's why obtain the essence and discard the non-essentials, just like a swan extracts milk from water. This is the story of this species.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“There's no end to linguistics, the situation is short and obstacles are many. That's why obtain the essence and discard the non-essentials, just like a swan extracts milk from water. This is the story of this species.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“In this world, a son's death is good, but it's not good to have a legitimate but foolish son who brings shame amongst wise men, just like having an illegitimate son.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“What should be done with that cow which neither conceives nor gives milk? What is the use of that son who is neither wise nor devoted?”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Those who were never born, those who were born and died, and fools—among these types of sons, those who were never born and those who were born and died are better, because they cause only a little suffering. But a fool torments for a lifetime.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Even soft water drops, Falling persistently on a rock, Wear it away: So too, continuous complaints Against someone else, Poison a man's mind.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Let your heart be hard as stone And your tongue as soft as butter, Destroy your enemy without mercy.' —”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Suppress your enemy and diseases At the very beginning, Or they will become strong And destroy you.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“He who attacks an enemy Without knowing his strength, Will be defeated, As the Sea was defeated by the tittibha birds." When”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“When a man can tell his sorrows To an affectionate friend Or a dutiful servant, An obedient wife Or a powerful master, That man finds relief.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“affluent times, All men are your friends, But the person who helps you When times are bad, Regard him as your true friend, Even when he belongs to a different caste.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“friend is a friend when he helps you in trouble, A son is a son when he obeys his parents, A servant is a servant when he performs his duties, And a wife is a wife when she makes her husband happy.' And,”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Wise men don't grieve Over lost things, the dead And what belongs to the past: But a fool weeps over things Not worth his tears. He adds sorrow”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Thin blades of grass, woven into a thick rope Can tie up an elephant. In”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Small insignificant things united, Become unconquerable; Thin”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Well, is a thunderbolt as big as the mountain? So the man with zeal is the man who is strong, The size is unimportant.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“An elephant can be brought under control by a goad, Well, is a goad as big as an elephant? When a lamp is lighted, the darkness disappears, Well, is the lamp as big as the darkness? When a thunderbolt strikes it, the mountain crumbles, Well,”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“When a weakling gets angry, He hurts only himself." And, "He who attacks an enemy Without knowing his strength, Will be destroyed like the moth in fire.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“man whom fortune smiles on, Though unprotected, eludes destruction, But the man with luck against him, is done for, Even though he be well protected.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“When a weak man meets a stronger opponent, The best thing he can do is run, Or else make for a hideout, There's no other way”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“Even in bad times, A man should not lose hope, For by making an effort, He can certainly find a solution.”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“A house ruled by a woman, An addict or a child, Is sure to be destroyed." ' — 'Nevertheless,' replied the”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“And have children by her, But he should never consult her on matters of importance." And”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra

“A wise man should give his woman, Food, clothes and ornaments, And”
― Vishnu Sharma, Panchatantra