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.
CHANAKYAHe 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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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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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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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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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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He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
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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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Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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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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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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The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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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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The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
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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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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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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
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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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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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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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