678 Quotes About Aphorisms

Do not get established in a place that is not frequented by people, where people have no fear, no shame, no competency, and no sacrificing ability.

Know the true nature of servants by putting them at work, of a relative when one is suffering a calamity, of a friend when one is facing an adversity, and of a wife when one’s wealth is lost.

In need, in addiction, in receiving, in famine, in danger from enemies, in the royal court, in the crematorium, one who does not forsake, is a relative.

One who discards certainty in favour of uncertainty; certainly destroys certainty; and uncertainty is destroyed as it is.

An intelligent man does not like an ugly woman, even if she belongs to a high-status family, and also does not like a woman from a low-status family, even if she is beautiful; thus, marriage among equal status is prescribed.

Rivers, armed men, clawed and horned beasts, should not be trusted, including women, and members of the royal family.

while you can't really 'choose' who the heart falls for next, you can certainly understand the dysfunctional forces and life patterns that keep towing your life around from one 'special' person to another... and that realization is always something to appreciate.

To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic.

How do I deal with people who look down on me? I look up at them.