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Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

Chanakya

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
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Animal Children Dog Fools King People Sleep
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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Cow Devotion God Goodness Learning Milk Son Value
The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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King Lose Opportunity Patience Quick Time Wait
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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Lost Man Mistake Secret Talk
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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Home King Knowledge Practice Preserve Religion Wealth Wife Word
Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
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Alone Kill Perfection Sleep Time
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
The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.
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Ability Determination Employment Impossible King Possible Rule
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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Death Friendship Home Journey Learning Medicine Religious Sick Wife
Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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Enemy Friendship Himself Weakness
Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
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Activity Charity Education Learning Religious Study
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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Bite Dog Education End Life Man Protection
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
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Action Born Control Evil Lust Man Proud Rich See Sin
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
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Animal Death Fake Friendship Live Servant Wife
Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Country Foreign Hide Mom Save Skill Treasure
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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Attachment Deep Experience Family Fear Grief Happiness Oneself Sorrow Wisdom

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

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