THE KURAL
296. There is no greater renown for a man than the renown that he is a stranger unto falsehood : such a man obtaineth every blessing without mortifying the body.
297. If a map can live without ever uttering a falsehood, all other virtue is superfluous unto him.
298. The cleanliness of the body belongeth unto water : but the purity of the heart is proved by truthfulness.
299. The worthy regard not all other light as light : it is only the light of truth that they look upon as a veritable illumination.
300. Many things have I seen in this world: but of all the things that I have seen, there is nothing that is higher than truth.
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