Thiruvalluvar திருவள்ளுவர்

Thiruvalluvar திருவள்ளுவர்

about 2,000 years ago · Tamil country, South India

A burn from fire heals within; the scar burnt by the tongue never heals.

தீயினாற் சுட்டபுண் உள்ளாறும் ஆறாதே நாவினாற் சுட்ட வடு.

Tirukkural 129

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Gotama Buddha

c. 5th century BC · the Ganges plain, India

This is an old thing, Atula, not only of today: they blame the one who sits silent, they blame the one who speaks much, they blame the one who speaks in measure. There is no one in the world who is not blamed.

Porāṇametaṁ atula, netaṁ ajjatanāmiva; Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṁ, nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ; Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti, natthi loke anindito.

Dhammapada 227

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Ptahhotep Ptah-hotep

c. 24th century BC · Memphis, ancient Egypt · Advice to one who leads others

Be gracious when thou hearkenest unto the speech of a suppliant. Let him not hesitate to deliver himself of that which he hath thought to tell thee; but be desirous of removing his injury. Let him speak freely, that the thing for which he hath come to thee may be done.

The Instruction of Ptahhotep, the seventeenth teaching · in place of the original: the English translation by Battiscombe Gunn (1906)

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Hafez حافظ

14th century · Shiraz, Persia

The peace of both worlds is the gloss on these two phrases: with friends, generosity; with enemies, forbearance.

آسایش دو گیتی تفسیر این دو حرف است با دوستان مروت با دشمنان مدارا

The Divan of Hafez, a ghazal

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