A foolish person should never excite the hostility of an intelligent person. In such cases the intelligence of the intelligent man works like fire penetrating a heap of dry grass.
वैरं न कुर्वीत नरो दुर्बुद्धिर्बुद्धिजीविना। बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतो याति तृणेष्विव हुताशनः॥