Fools are hard to be conciled

लभेत सिकतासु तैलमपि यत्नतः पीडय-

न्पिबेच्च मृगतृष्णिकासु सलिलं पिपासार्दितः ।

कदाचिदपि पर्यटञ्छशविषाणमासादये-

न्नतु प्रतिनिविष्टमूर्खजनचित्तमाराधयेत् ॥


If you try, you might succeed to obtain oil from the sand, find water in mirage, might sight a hare with horns but however hard you try, you can not conciliate a fool.

Half knowledged, self assumed scholars

अज्ञः सुखमाराध्यः सुखतरमाराध्यते विशेषज्ञः।
ज्ञानलवदुर्विदग्धं ब्रह्म्याऽपि नरं न रंजयति ॥

Managing an ignorant person is easy. Easier is it to manage a learned person. But managing a person who thinks he is the 'pundit' with little learning he has, is impossible for even for Brahma, the Creator.