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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 831
What is folly? It is holding on to that which is harmful
And throwing away that which is beneficial.
Verse 832
The folly of all follies is to enjoy doing
What one is forbidden to do.
Verse 833
To be shameless, uninquisitive, loveless and uncaring
Are the fool's four failings.
Verse 834
No fool is more foolish than one who eagerly expounds
His learning to others while failing to follow it himself.
Verse 835
In a single birth a fool may earn by his efforts
A mire of hellish suffering in the subsequent seven.
Verse 836
If a fool who knows not how to act undertakes an enterprise
He will not only fail, he will shackle himself in chains.
Verse 837
When a fool falls upon a great fortune,
Strangers will feast while his family starves.
Verse 838
If a fool happens to acquire something of value,
He will act like a madman who is intoxicated.
Verse 839
Friendship among fools is profoundly sweet,
For at their parting there is not the slightest pain.
Verse 840
A fool stepping into a saintly council
Is like entering a clean bed with filthy feet.
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