The idle talk of a chatterer has no taste nor
flavour; he talks always to himself about him-
self. Who would wish to be killed by his jarring
words? The wise should leave him alone. When
your ears take in the braying of an ass, what admi-
ration of it would your voice express? Tuka says,
The properties of a man’s speech will attach them-
selves to your own person.
flavour; he talks always to himself about him-
self. Who would wish to be killed by his jarring
words? The wise should leave him alone. When
your ears take in the braying of an ass, what admi-
ration of it would your voice express? Tuka says,
The properties of a man’s speech will attach them-
selves to your own person.