black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.

Chanakya

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.
CHANAKYA

Animal Children Dog Fools King People Sleep
The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
CHANAKYA

Burn Equality Fire Forest Tree
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
CHANAKYA

Animal God Heaven Liberty Man Person Wealth
The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
CHANAKYA

Adult Beautiful Fools Jealous Learning Ugly Woman
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.
CHANAKYA

Earth Nature Power Shine Sun Support Truth Wind
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
CHANAKYA

Burn Destroy Family Flame Tree
That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
CHANAKYA

Affection Appearance Face Family Give Up Knowledge Man Mercy Rejection Relative Religion Spiritual Wife
A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
CHANAKYA

Education Honor Learning Man People Respect Worth
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Destroy Moral Nature Proper Ruin Wealth
Your feelings are your god.
CHANAKYA

Feeling God One Liner Yourself
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
CHANAKYA

Destroy Enemy Money Pay
He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself… is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
CHANAKYA

Different Happiness Himself Man Mom See Wealth Wife Woman
A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
CHANAKYA

Dependent Purpose Relationship Wealth
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Husband Truth Wife
Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
CHANAKYA

Home King Knowledge Practice Preserve Religion Wealth Wife Word
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
CHANAKYA

Books Person Stupidity Waste

A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Chanakya Quotes