ACTION

It may be a surprise to many that the words achchu, chaakaadu, pandam, whose shape suggests a pure Tamil origin are and respectively, in Samskrit.

The warning against carrying an aggressive campaign too far is enforced by another incisive simile.

The tree-climber can negotiate the branches up to a limit. If his enthusiasm takes him beyond the limit, he falls and meets with death:

It is not a great misfortune for a State if its revenues are limited, provided the expenditure is kept within bounds:

The seeming splendour of a career carried on without adjustment to means, will suddenly disappear leaving no vestige behind:

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