Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 1088

A vicious husband will not trust even his wife’s brother; he will not trust his wife with him. A man of evil intentions is a thief himself and says other people are thieves. Tuka says, A man’s confidence in other people depends on his own desires.

Source The Poems of Tukârâma, trad. J. Nelson Fraser et K. B. Marathe, 3 vol., 1909-1915, archive.org · Contents