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.
CHANAKYAThe low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
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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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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
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Your feelings are your god.
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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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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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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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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 has wealth has friends.
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Although an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.
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Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
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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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