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Time perfects men as well as destroys them.

Chanakya

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
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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Activity Charity Education Learning Religious Study
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
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Animal Death Fake Friendship Live Servant Wife
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
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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Born Consumption Fire Fools Grief Life Moments Parents Son
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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Control Deep Fear Yourself
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
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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Destroy Enemy Money Pay
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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Change Inspirational Judgement Patience Person Power Present Time Transformation
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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Beautiful Husband Truth Wife
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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Animal Burden Carry Cold Learning Mindset Satisfaction
A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
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Education Honor Learning Man People Respect Worth
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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Company Fools Heart Himself Pieces See Word
A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Advice Goodness Mindset Person Wasted Time
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
Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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Break Fools Fruit Person Stupidity Tree Virtual

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