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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

Chanakya

One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
CHANAKYA

Give Up Knowledge Oneself Sacrifice Search
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.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Devotion Education Forgiveness Husband Person Song Ugly Woman
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Man Perfection Time
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.
CHANAKYA

Activity Charity Education Learning Religious Study
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.
CHANAKYA

Alone Born Death Experience Goodness Hell Heaven Karma Man Result
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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Born Evil Fruit Oneself Poor Poverty Prison Sick Sin Tree
The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Secret Share 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
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?
CHANAKYA

Goodness Man Scripture Waste
Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
CHANAKYA

Abuse Compassionate Justice Person
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
CHANAKYA

Adversity Attack Company Fear Foreign Friendship Man Run Safety War
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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Dangerous Poison Pretend Safety
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
CHANAKYA

Act Prosperity Responsibility Thinking
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
CHANAKYA

Action Born Control Evil Lust Man Proud Rich See Sin
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Big Power Woman World Youth
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Enemy Money Pay

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

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