Learning is the best of all wealth;
it is easy to carry,
thieves cannot steal it,
the tyrants cannot seize it;
neither water nor fire can destroy it;
and far from decreasing, it increases by giving.
-- Naladiyar (c.5th-6th century) Tamil ethical literature
it is easy to carry,
thieves cannot steal it,
the tyrants cannot seize it;
neither water nor fire can destroy it;
and far from decreasing, it increases by giving.
-- Naladiyar (c.5th-6th century) Tamil ethical literature
Related:
- The Well. The town may be changed,
But the well cannot be changed.
It neither decreases nor increases. They come and go... - The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not,
or, being willing to do so cannot; or they neither... - No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of
change that can only be opened from the inside.
We cannot open the gate of another, neither by argument... - You can catch the bird,
but you cannot carry it... - Perhaps we are wiser, less selfish and more far-seeing than we were two
hundred years ago.
But we are still imperfectly all these good things... - Matter cannot be created or destroyed,
nor can it be returned without a receipt...
