“To get wealth and security by guile
Is like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.”
Thiruvalluvar book Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse LXVI.10
Tirukkural
“For one who knows how to speak, it is like water pouring out of Eta [a device to draw water from a well]. For one who does not know, it is just the rope hanging down.”
— Sarvajna
Tripadis
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