It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
CHANAKYAAlthough an ass is tired, he continues to carry his burden; he is unmindful of cold and heat; and he is always contented; these three things should be learned from the ass.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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Union in privacy (with one’s wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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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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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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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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Your feelings are your god.
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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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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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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We 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.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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