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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Chanakya

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.
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Action Born Control Evil Lust Man Proud Rich See Sin
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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Burn Destroy Family Flame Tree
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
A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Advice Goodness Mindset Person Wasted Time
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
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
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Business Deal Eat Give Up Happiness Knowledge Money Shy
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
Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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Abuse Compassionate Justice Person
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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Action Animal Effort Excellence Heart Learning Man
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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Control Deep Fear Yourself
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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Beautiful Big Power Woman World Youth
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
Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.
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Army Husband Ignorance Knowledge Leadership Lost Man Practice Woman
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
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Change Mindset Nature People Standard
Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
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Disappear Original Sin Time Wealth
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

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