A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
CHANAKYAHe who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
More Chanakya Quotes
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
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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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Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
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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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Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
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Your feelings are your god.
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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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What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage?
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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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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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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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