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Although 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.

Chanakya

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
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Compassionate Divine Heart Mindset Need Purity Rise Talk
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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Ability Accomplishment Knowledge Man Place Purpose Time Wisdom
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
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Character Direction Flower Fragrance Goodness Person Wind
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
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Attachment Deep Experience Family Fear Grief Happiness Oneself Sorrow Wisdom
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
Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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Enemy Friendship Himself Weakness
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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Animal Desire Expectation Hunt Kill Man Shoot Sing Talk
Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
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Act Body Death Engagement Ourselves Wealth Wisdom
The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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King Lose Opportunity Patience Quick Time Wait
What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?
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Goodness Man Scripture Waste
Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
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Comparison Dare Lust Man Shy Woman
A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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Alone Born Death Experience Goodness Hell Heaven Karma Man Result
Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
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Activity Charity Education Learning Religious Study
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.
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Change Inspirational Judgement Patience Person Power Present Time Transformation
Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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Capture Enemy Prison Trust
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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Destroy Enemy Money Pay

Although 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.

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Although 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.

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