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362 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his food, idle and weak, will certainly be overthrown by his own overdoing as the wind throws down a weak tree.
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He who lives without looking for pleasures, his senses well controlled, moderate in his food, faithful and strong, he will not be overthrown any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.
If to himself a man is dear, let him keep close watch upon himself.
First establish thyself in the right then thou mayest counsel others. Let not the wise man give occasion for reproach.
Oneself, they say is hard to control. If one shapes oneself according as one counsels others, thus well controlled one will have control over others.
A man pays in himself for the evil he has done and in himself is purified. The good and evil are purified severally, no one purifies another.
Though one should conquer in battle thousands and thousands of men, whoso shall conquer himself, he is the greatest of warriors.
First establish thyself in the right, then thou mayest counsel others. Let not the wise man give occasion for reproach.
If one shapes oneself according as one counsels others, thus well controlled, one will have control over others. Oneself they say, is hard to control.
Verily oneself is the guardian of oneself. What other guardian should there be. Guarded by oneself, one gets a guardian the like of which is not likely gotten.
If to himself a man is dear, let him keep close watch upon himself.
A man pays in himself for the evil he has done, and in himself is purified. The good and evil are purified severally, no one purifies another.
Verily oneself is the guardian of oneself; what other guardian should there be? Guarded by oneself, one gets a guardian the like of which is not easily gotten.