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A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.

Chanakya

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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Capture Enemy Prison Trust
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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Harm Honesty People Person Tree Trouble
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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Bitter Company Fruit Man Place World
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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Body Control Death Distance Health Save Soul Try Yourself
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.
CHANAKYA

Clothes Dirty God Greatness Kindness Lose Personality Rise Rude Sleep Sun Talk
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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Ability Accomplishment Knowledge Man Place Purpose Time Wisdom
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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Company Friendship Truth
Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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Evil Harm Person Treat
A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Dependent Purpose Relationship Wealth
How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.
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Character Drink Give Up Happiness Hurt People Poison
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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Lost Man Mistake Secret Talk
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?
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Animal Greatness Person Quality Simplicity Standard
A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Advice Goodness Mindset Person Wasted Time
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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Action Born Greatness Man
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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Home King Knowledge Practice Preserve Religion Wealth Wife Word
Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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Death Friendship Home Journey Learning Medicine Religious Sick Wife

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