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Tirrukural, the - Book 1 Covetousness
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Tirrukural, the - Book 1 Covetousness
171. Inordinate desire destroys the home
And leads to crime at once.
172. They will not hurt through covetousness
Who shun inequity.
173. They will not hurt for fleeting pleasures
Who seek eternal joy.
174. Their senses conquered, the clear-eyed
Will not covet through want.
175. What use is a mind which is wide and sharp
If it is driven headlong by greed?
176. Even he whom grace beckons
Beckoned by greed, will scheme and fall.
177. Avoid wealth through greed:
Out of it comes no good.
178. Do not cover another's wealth
If you would keep your own unshrunk.
179. Fortune will herself seek those
Who, wise and virtuous, are not greedy.
180. Thoughtless greed leads to ruin,
Sublime content to triumph.