When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
CHANAKYAWe should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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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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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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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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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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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels that pain. Some way if any department, minister or official of the state is faulty, the whole country is effected. An administrator should try hard to curb it.
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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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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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