THE KURAL
156. The joy of revenge lasteth but a day: but the glory of him who forgiveth endureth for ever.
157. Be the wrong suffered ever so great: the better part is not to take it to heart and to abstain from revenge.
158. Conquer by thy nobility those that in their pride have injured thee.
159. More saintly than even those that have renounced are they that bear with the bitter tongue of their detractors.
160. Those that do penance by fasting are great : but they only come after those that forgive their calumniators.
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