Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
CHANAKYAVirtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
CHANAKYAThere are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
CHANAKYAThe poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
CHANAKYAKnowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.
CHANAKYAOnce you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
CHANAKYAThe biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
CHANAKYAEvil person causes harm even if treated well.
CHANAKYAPurity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
CHANAKYAThe world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
CHANAKYAWhores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
CHANAKYADo not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
CHANAKYADo not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
CHANAKYAPeople’s Fury is above all the furies.
CHANAKYATime perfects men as well as destroys them.
CHANAKYAThere is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
CHANAKYAThe life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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