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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

A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
CHANAKYA

Animal Death Fake Friendship Live Servant Wife
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
CHANAKYA

Action Born Greatness Man
Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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Capture Enemy Prison Trust
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.
CHANAKYA

Attachment Deep Experience Family Fear Grief Happiness Oneself Sorrow Wisdom
Enemies strike at weak points.
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Attack Enemy One Liner Weakness
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
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Animal Carry Family Man River Royal Trust Weapon Woman
A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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Enemy Friendship Protection Son
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?
CHANAKYA

Goodness Man Scripture Waste
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
CHANAKYA

Adversity Attack Company Fear Foreign Friendship Man Run Safety War
Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
CHANAKYA

Age Children Friendship Growth Parents Time Yourself
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage?
CHANAKYA

Deep Heart Need Oneself Philosophy Sin Truth Vice Wisdom Worst
They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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Betrayal Mindset Trust
The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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King Lose Opportunity Patience Quick Time Wait
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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Different Happiness Himself Man Mom See Wealth Wife Woman
A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
CHANAKYA

Born Consumption Fire Fools Grief Life Moments Parents Son
For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!
CHANAKYA

Day Goodness Money Preserve Protection Sacrifice Save Woman

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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