A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
CHANAKYAProsperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
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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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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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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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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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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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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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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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He who has wealth has friends.
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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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All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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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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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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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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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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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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Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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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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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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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.
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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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