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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

Chanakya

What 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?
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Goodness Man Scripture Waste
The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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Fools Master Secret Stupidity Talk
Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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Action Love One Liner Word
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
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Age Children Friendship Growth Parents Time Yourself
An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.
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Crazy Ego Person Respect Sanity Truth Win Wisdom
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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Children Company Consumption Devotion God Hard Time Life Oneself relief Sorrow Wife
Enemies strike at weak points.
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Attack Enemy One Liner Weakness
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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Animal Carry Family Man River Royal Trust Weapon Woman
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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Action Carry Determination Execution Reveal Secret Thinking Wisdom
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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Beautiful Choice Equality Family Man Marriage Respect Status Wisdom
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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Dangerous Poison Pretend Safety
Whores 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.
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Build Citizenship Company Fruit Live Man Poor Support Weakness
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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Act Prosperity Responsibility Thinking
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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Beautiful Big Power Woman World Youth
The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
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Burn Equality Fire Forest Tree
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
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Attachment Deep Experience Family Fear Grief Happiness Oneself Sorrow Wisdom

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