A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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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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One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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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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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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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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People’s Fury is above all the furies.
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The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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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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A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
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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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