Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
CHANAKYATill the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
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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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When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
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Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable.
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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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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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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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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A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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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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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words – fools consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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