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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.

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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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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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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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Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
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Union in privacy (with one’s wife); boldness; storing away useful items; watchfulness; and not easily trusting others; these five things are to be learned from a crow.
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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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A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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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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The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.
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Till the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
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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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A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits – one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.
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Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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