A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
CHANAKYAHe who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
More Chanakya Quotes
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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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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Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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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 debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
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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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Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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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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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 wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
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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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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
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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 man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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Enemies strike at weak points.
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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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