Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
CHANAKYATill the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
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The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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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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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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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?
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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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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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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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Enemies strike at weak points.
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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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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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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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Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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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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All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
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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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Union in privacy (with one’s wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.
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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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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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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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