Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
CHANAKYAWhat good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
More Chanakya Quotes
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Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
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A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
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She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.
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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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Your feelings are your god.
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Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
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One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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