Top 26 Sanskrit Proverbs (WISDOM)

Updated onDecember 1, 2023

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They do not know their own defects, who search for the defects of others.

Life is a cycle of happiness followed by sufferings and vice versa.

He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life’s pleasure is like a blacksmith’s bellows - he breathes but does not live. — He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life’s pleasure is like a blacksmith’s bellows – he breathes but does not live.

A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times. — A woman’s appetite is twice that of a man’s; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times.

A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope. — A good well-lived today makes every yesterday a dream of a good future, and every morning is a vision of hope.

Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision. — Take a close look at today, because yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is barely a vision.

If you gently touch a nettle, it’ll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an’ as soft as silk remains.

Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour – Where these six are, there is God. — Perseverance, daring, courage, wisdom, strength and valour – Where these six are, there is God.

Fruitful trees bend down; Likewise, the truly great are humble.

A fool who knows he is a fool has a little intelligence, but a fool that thinks he is intelligent is really a fool.

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“Virtues, even in an enemy should be acknowledged; Defects even in a Guru ought to be pointed out; Always, and with all endeavor should the son and the scholar be taught wisdom.”
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If you forsake a certainty and depend on an uncertainty, you will lose both the certainty and the uncertainty.

Silence could be used as a tool to accomplish things.

A wise man gives at once, a wiser man at once refuses.

Helping others is one step closer to God.

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Truth has but one color, a lie has many. — Truth has but one color, a lie has many.

Wisdom is the right measure of one’s strength. — Wisdom is the right measure of one’s strength.

Effort of hard work will never be wasted. — Effort of hard work will never be wasted.

Educating a person is the best charity. — Educating a person is the best charity.

There is no bigger virtue than compassion. — There is no bigger virtue than compassion.

There are none so deaf as those who will not hear advice.

The greatest hero is one who has control over his desires.

There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief water, flowers, and a beautiful woman. — There are three things that refresh the heart and reduce your grief: water, flowers, and a beautiful woman.

An elephant never tires of carrying his own trunk.

A house without a child is like a tomb.

Sorrow for the death of a father lasts six months; sorrow for a mother, a year; sorrow for a wife, until another wife; sorrow for a son, forever.

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