Hinduism

Tukaram, Poem 3580

No one can boil and cook food in a broken pot.
The touch of the magic stone cannot change
a potsherd, no matter how hard you rub it. Like
water poured on an inverted pot is a katha in the
ears of the wicked, says Tuka.

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