Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
CHANAKYAWhores 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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?
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The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
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People’s Fury is above all the furies.
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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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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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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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He who has wealth has friends.
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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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Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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A ruler wishing to win should not trust a captured enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enmity, however, concealed, will surely come to light.
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Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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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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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
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