Sanskrit Subhashitas 58

58. राजकोप

अप्येव दहनं स्पृष्ट्वा वने तिष्ठन्ति पादपा:।
राजदोषपरामृष्टास्तिष्ठन्ते नापराधिन:॥

Trees in the forest may survive after being touched by the forest conflagration; but those guilty of offence against the king remain not (alive).