Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s2.t1.33

c11.s2.t1.33

In conducting negotiations, the king and councillors alike should observe gravity and courtesy. Politeness Negotiations. enables one to achieve the deadliest objects. The peacock, endowed with a sweet voice, makes short work of snakes. It is, again, mere folly to speak too much, or disclose too much. Above all, one should not lose one’s temper or presence of mind. Fortitude in adversity constitutes real greatness.¹ A yet greater danger to the state is popular indignation which should never be roused.²