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?
CHANAKYALow 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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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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Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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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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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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There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits – one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.
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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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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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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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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
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