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Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

Chanakya

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
CHANAKYA

Book Knowledge Need Time Wealth
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.
CHANAKYA

Angry Bad Betrayal Company Friendship Himself Light Ordinary Secret Trust
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
CHANAKYA

Books Person Stupidity Waste
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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Action Carry Determination Execution Reveal Secret Thinking Wisdom
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
What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
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Cow Devotion God Goodness Learning Milk Son Value
Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
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Body Death Friendship King Lost Wealth Wife
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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Belief Feeling God Idol Present Soul Temple Yourself
Don’t judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, because time has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.
CHANAKYA

Change Inspirational Judgement Patience Person Power Present Time Transformation
Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.
CHANAKYA

Avoid Distance Himself Hurt Poison Ruin Talk Try
Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
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Day Fall Food Gift Rain Sea Waste Wealth
A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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Dependent Purpose Relationship Wealth
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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Act Prosperity Responsibility Thinking
Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.
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Change Eat Food Medicine Poison Water
They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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Betrayal Mindset Trust
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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Difficult Fortune Friendship Judgement Relationship Servant Service Trouble Wife

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.

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