Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
CHANAKYADo not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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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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He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
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My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
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The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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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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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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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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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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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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