As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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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A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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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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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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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 world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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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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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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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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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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He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
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Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
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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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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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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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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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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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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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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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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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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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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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