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  • anabhyāse viṣaṁ śāstram ajīrṇe bhojanaṁ viṣam |
    daridrasya viṣaṁ goṣṭhī vṛddhasya taruṇī viṣam ||
    (Cāṇakya-nīti: 4.15)

    “Without regular practice, śāstra is poison [because it can lead to delusion]. When undigested, food is poison [because it causes disease]. For a poor person, congregating is poison [because one cannot properly host others], and for an elderly man, a young woman is poison [because he cannot fulfill all her needs].”

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  • ajñaḥ sukham ārādhyaḥ
    sukhataram ārādhyate viśeṣajñaḥ |
    jñāna-lava-durvidagdhaṁ
    brahmāpi taṁ naraṁ na rañjayati
    (Nīti-śatakam: 3)

    “The ignorant are easily propitiable,
The highly learned are propitiated even more easily,
[But] A person misguided by a meager modicum of knowledge—
Not even Brahmā can satisfy him.”

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  • alpa-vidyā bhayaṁkarī |
    (Unknown source)

    “A little knowledge is dangerous.”

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  • śreyasām iha sarveṣāṁ jñānaṁ niḥśreyasaṁ param |
    sukhaṁ tarati duṣpāraṁ jñāna-naur vyasanārṇavam ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 4.24.75)

    “Of all beneficial means in this world, knowledge [i.e., knowledge of Bhagavān] is the supreme, ultimately beneficial means. One who boards the boat of knowledge easily crosses the difficult to traverse ocean of distress [i.e., saṁsāra].”

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  • māteva rakṣati piteva hite niyuṅkte
    kānteva cābhiramayaty apanīya duḥkham ।
    kīrtiṁ ca dikṣu vitanoti tanoti lakṣmīṁ
    kiṁ kiṁ na sādhayati kalpa-lateva vidyā ॥
    (Samayoccita-padya-ratna-mālikā)

    “Like a mother it protects you. Like a father, it guides you for your well-being. Like a love, it delights you and dispels your distress. It spreads your renown in all directions and increases your wealth. Indeed, what can it not accomplish? Knowledge is like a wish-fulfilling creeper.”

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  • yasya kasya taror mūlaṁ yena kenāpi miśritam |
    yasmai kasmai pradātavyaṁ yadvā tadvā bhaviṣyati ||
    (Unknown source)

    [An āyurveda guru told a new disciple:] “When a root from some tree or other mixed with something or other is prescribed for something or other, then something or other will happen.”

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