THE KURAL
836. Behold the fool that taketh in his hand an enterprise of moment: he will not merely spoil it, he will qualify also for fetters.
837. If the fool should come by a great fortune it is strangers that will feast and his kindred will only starve.
838. If the fool obtaineth anything of value he will behave like a madman who is also grown tipsy.
839. Greatly delectable is the friendship of fools : one feeleth no pangs when one parteth from them.
840. Even as is the placing of an unwashed foot on the couch, even so is the entrance of the fool in an assembly of men of worth.
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