A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
CHANAKYAIf a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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People’s Fury is above all the furies.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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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.
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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.
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Your feelings are your god.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true 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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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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One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.
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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.
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