Chanakya Quotes on Fool (9 Quotes)

Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.

The learned are envied by the foolish rich men by the poor chaste women by adulteresses and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.

O lady, why are you gazing downward Has something of yours fallen on the ground (She replies) O fool, can you not understand the pearl of my youth has slipped away

Residing in a small village devoid of proper living facilities, serving a person born of a low family, unwholesome food, a frowning wife, a foolish son, and a widowed daughter burn the body without fire.

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.