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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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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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Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?
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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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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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Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
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Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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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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