The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
CHANAKYAThe wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
More Chanakya Quotes
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We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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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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Do 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.
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A ruler wishing to win should not trust a captured enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enmity, however, concealed, will surely come to light.
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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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A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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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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A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
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A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
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The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
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When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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