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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?

Chanakya

He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
CHANAKYA

Clothes Dirty God Greatness Kindness Lose Personality Rise Rude Sleep Sun Talk
Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
CHANAKYA

Day Fall Food Gift Rain Sea Waste Wealth
For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!
CHANAKYA

Day Goodness Money Preserve Protection Sacrifice Save Woman
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?
CHANAKYA

Animal Greatness Person Quality Simplicity Standard
Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
CHANAKYA

Enemy Friendship Himself Weakness
Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.
CHANAKYA

Change Eat Food Medicine Poison Water
The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
CHANAKYA

Adult Beautiful Fools Jealous Learning Ugly Woman
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
CHANAKYA

Body Control Death Distance Health Save Soul Try Yourself
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
CHANAKYA

Burn Destroy Family Flame Tree
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
CHANAKYA

Born Evil Fruit Oneself Poor Poverty Prison Sick Sin Tree
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.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Choice Equality Family Man Marriage Respect Status Wisdom
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Husband Truth Wife
Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
CHANAKYA

Charity End Fear Ignorance Poor Poverty
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
CHANAKYA

Action Carry Determination Execution Reveal Secret Thinking Wisdom
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
CHANAKYA

Action Born Greatness Man
If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.
CHANAKYA

Affect Body Corruption Country Feeling Hard Oneself Pain Sick Try

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