Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
CHANAKYANever make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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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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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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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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Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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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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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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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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Enemies strike at weak points.
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