That jewel knowledge is great riches, which is not plundered by kinsmen, nor carried off by thieves, nor decreased by giving.
Quotes about kinsmen (8 Quotes)
I see no reason, if I wear this rose,
[Putting on a red rose]
That any one should therefore be suspicious
I more incline to Somerset than York:
Both are my kinsmen, and I love them both.
The legitimate son of the body, the son begotten on a wife, the son adopted, the son made, the son secretly born, and the son cast off, ,are the six heirs and kinsmen.
Our little kinsmen after rain In plenty may be seen, A pink and pulpy multitude The tepid ground upon A needless life it seemed to me Until a little bird As to a hospitality Advanced and breakfasted.
Seeing fathers-in-law, all those kinsmen, and other dear ones standing in the ranks of the two armies, Arjuna was overcome with great compassion and sorrowfully said O Krishna, seeing my kinsmen standing with a desire to fight, My limbs fail and my mouth becomes dry. My body quivers and my hairs stand on end.
We really don't know how ethnically cohesive they are and how much their loyalty is to the central government rather than their ethnic kinsmen. Their long-term political loyalties remain to be tested, although their technical skills are getting better.
Alas We are ready to commit a great sin by striving to slay our kinsmen because of greed for the pleasures of the kingdom.
Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons fathers of wives, uncles, masters brothers companions and friends.... When Arjuna thus saw his kinsmen face to face in both lines of battle, he was overcome by grief and despair and thus he spoke with a sinking heart.