Keep your words sweet - you may have to eat them sometime. There is one very similar subhashita in Sanskrit, which always been my favorite. प्रियवाक्यप्रदानेन सर्वे तुश्यंति जंतवः | तस्मात्तदेव वक्तव्यं वचने का दरीद्रता || (To read: priyavAkyapradAnEna sarvE tushanti jantavah tasmattadEva vaktavyam vachanE ka darIdratA ) All living creatures love listening to you, … Continue reading Keep your words sweet
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Since it is written in books
purAnamityeva na sAdhu sarvam , na chApi kAvyam navamityavadyam santaha parikshatart bhajante, muDhah parapratyayena buddhihi पुरणमित्येव न साधु सर्वं न चापि काव्यं नवमित्यवद्यं | सनः परीक्श्तरत भजन्ते मूढः परप्रत्ययेन बुद्दिः || - Unknown Can be interpreted as : Concepts need not be valid just because they are told in books (holy books especially ;-))), mythologies … Continue reading Since it is written in books
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