THE KURAL
656. Let not a man do those things that good men condemn, even to save the mother that bore him from starvation.
657. The indigence of the worthy is better far than wealth that is amassed by dishonourable means.
658. Behold the men that shun not those things that are forbidden by good morals: they will come to grief even if they succeed in their designs.
659. All that is wrong in the midst of tears will depart also accompanied by weepings: but that which is acquired by righteous ways, even if lost in the middle, increaseth in the latter end.
660. To try to lay by wealth by means of guile is like trying to preserve water in a pot of clay that is not baked.
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