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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.

Chanakya

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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Animal God Heaven Liberty Man Person Wealth
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
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Avoid Distance Himself Hurt Poison Ruin Talk Try
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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Money Save Water Wealth Wisdom
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
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Beautiful Destroy Moral Nature Proper Ruin Wealth
One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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Oneself Reveal Weakness
The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.
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Ability Determination Employment Impossible King Possible Rule
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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Earth Nature Power Shine Sun Support Truth Wind
Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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Abuse Compassionate Justice Person
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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Action Born Greatness Man
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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Clothes Dirty God Greatness Kindness Lose Personality Rise Rude Sleep Sun Talk
A ruler wishing to win should not trust a captured enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enmity, however, concealed, will surely come to light.
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Capture Deep Enemy Friendship King Light Prison Rule Trust Win
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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Fight Food Fools God Husband Money Respect Wealth Wife
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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Attack Courage Destroy Fear Fight
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
There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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Dangerous Destruction Lust Moral One Liner Sick
My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
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Abandonment Born Children Clean Death Desire Freedom Gratitude Mercy Truth
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
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Better Death Grace Grief Life Loss Moments Oneself Pain Respect
The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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Fools Master Secret Stupidity Talk
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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Clothes Dirty God Greatness Kindness Lose Personality Rise Rude Sleep Sun Talk
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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Build Citizenship Company Fruit Live Man Poor Support Weakness
Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.
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Cleaning Flow Metal River Woman
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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Abandonment Afraid Failure Happiness People Sincere Start Work
A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Dependent Purpose Relationship Wealth
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
Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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Beautiful Best Education Friendship Person Respect Worth Youth
It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
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Better Choice Live Nature Oneself Place Poor Poverty Relationship Tree Water
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
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Compassionate Divine Heart Mindset Need Purity Rise Talk

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