THE KURAL
466. There are things that ought not to be done and if thou do them thou wilt be ruined : and there are things that ought to be done and if thou do them not thou will be ruined also.
467. Decide not upon any action except after careful deliberation : it is a fool who undertaketh first and sayeth in his heart, I shall think afterwards.
468. Behold the man that goeth not to his work the right way about: all his labour will be a waste even if numbers come to his aid.
469. Even in doing good thou mayest err, it thou suit not the benefit to the character of him that receiveth.
470. Let the thing that thou decidest on be above reproach : for the world despiseth the man who stoopeth to a thing that is beneath himself.
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