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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.

Chanakya

Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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Enemy Friendship Himself Weakness
A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
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Greatness Man Quality Reason Simplicity
A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Advice Goodness Mindset Person Wasted Time
The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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Bite Dog Education End Life Man Protection
Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
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Question Reason Satisfaction Start Success Thinking Work Yourself
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 put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
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Angry Bad Betrayal Company Friendship Himself Light Ordinary Secret Trust
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.
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Beautiful Devotion Education Forgiveness Husband Person Song Ugly Woman
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
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Equality Happiness Mercy Mindset Satisfaction Virtue
There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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Earth Food Fools Rock Thinking Water Word Worth
All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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Conquer Rich Type
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
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Change Mindset Nature People Standard
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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Books Person Stupidity Waste
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
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
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

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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