0701

He is a jewel on this sea-girt earth 
Who can read a thought without being told.

 PS

0702

Deem that man on par with God
Who can divine with conviction what is in the heart.

 NV, VS

0703

He is worth any price who by intuition 
can read another's thought.

 PS

0704

A thought reader may resemble other men
But is a class apart.

 PS, NV

0705

What use are the eyes among senses,
If they cannot read a man's thoughts on his face? *

 PS

0706

Like a mirror that shows what is in front,
The face reveals the affairs of the mind. *

 PS, NV

0707

What can be more expressive than the face
To reveal the mind's pleasure and pain?

 NV

0708

Just standing in front would suffice
For those who can read the mind on face.

 SB

0709

Those familiar with the language of eyes
Can read from eyes both love and hatred. *

 SS, JN

0710

You will find smart people use nothing but eyes
As a yardstick for measure.

 NV

0711

Meticulous masters of words 
Must judge the council before they speak.

PS, NV

0712

Should skilled orators wish to speak,
Let them study the occasion with care. *

PS

0713

Only poor orators, good for nothing, speak at length
Without knowing the audience. *

PS

0714

Before the bright, be brilliant light.
Before the dull, assume mortar white. *

SB

0715

The best amongst all good qualities
Is the modesty to holdback before elders. *

PS, DL

0716

To slip before men of wide learning
Is like slipping from the path of righteousness. *

SB

0717

The scholarship of a scholar shines
In an assembly of meticulous scholars. *

PS

0718

Speaking before a receptive audience
Is like watering a nursery of growing plants.

NV

0719

Don't tell an assembly of fools even forgetfully 
Things meant for the wise.

PS

0720

To deliberate with people of dissimilar interests
Is like spilling nectar in the drain. *

KK

0731

Unfailing harvests, learned men and honest traders 
Constitute a country. *

PS

0732

A land is known for its great wealth
Of abundant produce that never declines.

NV

0733

An ideal land bears all burdens that befall
And yet pays all taxes to the king. *

PS

0734

That is a land which is free of much hunger,
Incessant plagues and ravaging enemies.

NV

0735

That is a land free from factions,
Ruinous traitors and terrorists harassing kings.

MS, JN

0736

Call that a leading land that knows no evil days,
And whose yields don't cease even if they come. *

PS

0737

A land's limbs are waters from rains,
Springs and well placed hills, and strong fortress. *

PS

0738

A country's jewels are these five: Unfailing health,
Fertility, joy, security and wealth. *

GU

0739

Call that a land which yields without toil.
That is no land where toil precedes yield. *

PS

0740

Even if endowed with all blessings, a country is no worth
If not blessed with a ruler. *

VS

0741

A fortress is an asset to the offender
As well as to those who seek refuge in defence.

NV

0742

Blue water, open space, hills and thick forests 
Constitute a fortress.

PS

0743

Books declare that a fort should have these four:
Height, breadth, strength and difficult access. *

GU

0744

A fortress, ample in space and easy to defend,
Spoils the might of the foe. *

JN

0745

A good fortress is hard to seize, well-supplied 
And suited to those within.

PS

0746

With all materials stocked inside,
A fort should have brave soldiers as well. *

KV, PS

0747

Hard to capture a fort that withstands
Besieging, artillery and treachery.

NV, SS

0748

Even if encircled by besieging foes,
A fortress enables the besieged to win.

NV

0749

A good fort gains fame frustrating its siege
At the outset of the battle. *

PS

0750

A fortress, however grand, amounts to nothing
If its defenders are meek.

NV

0761

A well organized army unafraid of obstacles
Is a ruler's greatest of all possessions.

NV

0762

Only seasoned armies show courage in dire straits,
To stand fearless despite decimation.

PS, KK

0763

So what if an army of rats roar like the sea?
The hiss of a cobra will silence it.

SS, PS

0764

A true army has a long tradition of valour
And knows neither defeat nor desertion. *

SS

0765

A capable army stands together and defies
Even if yama attacks in fury. *

PS, DL

0766

Valour, honour, tradition of chivalry and credibility;
These four alone are an army's safeguards. *

DL

0767

An army should withstand and confound 
The foe's tactics, and advance.

PS

0768

Even if lacking in virtue of offence and defence,
An army can gain fame by virtue of its size

NV

0769

An army can triumph if it is free from diminution,
Irrevocable aversion and poverty. *

DL

0770

However numerous and solid the soldiers be,
An army without a chief will lose its way.

NV

0771

"Foes! Don't stand before my chief.
Many who stood now stand as stones!" *

PS

0772

Better collect the spear that missed an elephant
Than the arrow that killed a hare. *

PS

0773

Fierce courage is what they call valour,
But to help a foe in distress cuts deeper. *

SS, PS

0774

Losing his spear hurled at a tusker,
A hero grabs happily the one that pierced him. *

PS

0775

Is it not shameful for a hero to even let his
Watchful eyes wink when a spear is hurled?

NV

0776

The brave shall deem all the days devoid of battle wounds
As days gone waste.

SB, PS

0777

That hero, who gives up his life for fame,
Is worthy of being adorned with the anklet. *

PS

0778

Even a king's wrath cannot hold back heroes
Who do not fear their lives in battle. *

PS, SS

0779

Who dares to despise a man for not fulfilling 
A pledge he died to fulfill?

PS

0780

If death lies in glory that draws tears from the ruler,
It is worth seeking even in alms. *

JN

0781

What greater security exists than a secure friendship
As a protection against foes? *

SS

0782

Wise men's friendship waxes like the crescent 
And fools', like the full moon, wanes.

PS

0783

Being with good friends is like reading good books.
More time you spend, more the delight.

NV

0784

Friendship is not for merriment
But for stern reproach when friends go astray.

NV

0785

Identity of feelings makes friendship.
No need for friends to meet and long together. *

CR

0786

A smiling face alone makes no friendship,
But the heart should also smile with the face. *

VR

0787

Friendship saves from ruin, guides towards right, 
And shares the pain of distress. *

PS, GU

0788

Swift as the hand seizing a slipping garment,
Friendship acts to assuage a friend in distress. *

SS

0789

What is the throne of friendship? It is that resolve
Of unfailing support given at all time.

NV

0790

To boast, "He means so much to me and I to him,"
Merely demeans a friendship.

SS