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The Life Of An Uneducated Man Is As Useless As The Tail Of A Dog Which Neither Covers Its Rear End, Nor Protects It From The Bites Of Insects.

There Is No Austerity Equal To A Balanced Mind, And There Is No Happiness Equal To Contentment; There Is No Disease Like Covetousness, And No Virtue Like Mercy.

If The Bees Which Seek The Liquid Oozing From The Head Of A Lust-intoxicated Elephant Are Driven Away By The Flapping Of His Ears, Then The Elephant Has Lost Only The Ornament Of His Head. The Bees Are Quite Happy In The Lotus Filled Lake.

What Vice Could Be Worse Than Covetousness? What Is More Sinful Than Slander? For One Who Is Truthful, What Need Is There For Austerity? For One Who Has A Clean Heart, What Is The Need For Pilgrimage?.

He Who Has Wealth Has Friends And Relations; He Alone Survives And Is Respected As A Man.