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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

Chanakya

A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Enemy Money Pay
A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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Born Consumption Fire Fools Grief Life Moments Parents Son
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
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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Harm Honesty People Person Tree Trouble
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
CHANAKYA

Act Prosperity Responsibility Thinking
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Man Perfection Time
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
Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
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Angry Bad Betrayal Company Friendship Himself Light Ordinary Secret Trust
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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Book Knowledge Need Time Wealth
Enemies strike at weak points.
CHANAKYA

Attack Enemy One Liner Weakness
A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
CHANAKYA

Born Consumption Fire Fools Grief Life Moments Parents Son
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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Body Death Friendship King Lost Wealth Wife
Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.
CHANAKYA

Animal Burden Carry Cold Learning Mindset Satisfaction
There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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Earth Food Fools Rock Thinking Water Word Worth
The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
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Earth Nature Power Shine Sun Support Truth Wind
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.
CHANAKYA

Better Choice Live Nature Oneself Place Poor Poverty Relationship Tree Water

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

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