Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
CHANAKYATill the enemy’s weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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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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As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
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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.
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As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
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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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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 a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.
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