WRITERS A-H > collection > Hitopadesa

Idleness, women, disorder,...

Vendor: WRITERS A-H

Idleness, women, disorder, a foolish partiality for one's own native place, discontent and timidity are six obstructions to greatness.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Hitopadesa, (NA 500-NA), Indian collection; The Hitopadesa [Book of Good Counsel] is an ancient Sanskrit text dating to 500 AD based on stories from the Panchatantra.


(C)2024 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA