Nitishatak Shaloka-4

You may even dare take out a precious gem from the pointed jaws of a dreadful alligator, or swim over the vast ocean whose waters are all disturbed by a series of furious rollong waves, or wear an enraged (offended) serpent upon your head, as if it were a flowery wreath; but, you should never underestimate the fruitless task of conciliating the mind of a stupid fellow who is determined to hold obstinately to his own conviction whether right or wrong- Bhartrihari (Translated by Purohit Gopi Nath, M.A., 1914)