(June 15,1942 / Aravayal, karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, South India)

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Honesty verses loyalty

Loyalty is being honest to a person;
Honesty is being loyal to a cause.
Loyalty is being faithful
And honesty, being virtuous.
Kumbakarna was loyal;
Vibhishna was honest.
The world is run by loyalty
Rather than by honesty.
07.09.2009
[Kumbakarna and Vibhishna are yonger brothers of King Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.]

Submitted: Friday, October 08, 2010

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