It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
CHANAKYAWhen one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
More Chanakya Quotes
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He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself… is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
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The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
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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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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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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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Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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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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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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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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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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