Sanskrit Wisdom - 44

sulabhaah purooshaah rajan satatam priyavaadinah |

apriyasya cha pathyasya vaktaa shrotaa cha durlabhah ||

saulaBaa: pu$Yaa: rajana\ sattM ip`yavaaidna: a
Aip`yasya ca pqyasya va@ta Eaaota ca dula-Ba: aa

Explanation

Sage Vidura advises Dhritarashtra, “Your Majesty, people who engage in pleasantries can be easily found. One speaking bitter [truth] and another who listens to him/her are both difficult to find however.