5 Famous Panchatantra Quotes and teachings for kids as well as adults. Panchatantra or “Five Principles” is a collection of ancient Indian poplar tales written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Each of these animal fables ends with a moral related to the story. Here are five famous quotes from Panchatantra tales.

Panchatantra Sayings

1. Intelligence can accomplish things more easily than army and weapons (that is - physical power).
2. Excellent, average, and low qualities appear in anyone or anything due to association with person or things of the corresponding type.
3. Truly good men are like rubber balls; even if they fall they bounce back. A fool falls like mud and gets stuck to the ground.
4. One should seek for the salutary in the unpleasant: if it is there, it is after all nectar. One should seek for the deceitful in the pleasant: if it is there it is after all poison.
5. A great man does not lose his self-possession when he is afflicted; the ocean is not made muddy by the falling in of its banks.