If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
CHANAKYAA learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
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We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
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That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
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Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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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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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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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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People’s Fury is above all the furies.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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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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He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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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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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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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.
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Enemies strike at weak points.
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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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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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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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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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.
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This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits – one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.
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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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