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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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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A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
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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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The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
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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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Do 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.
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The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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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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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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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
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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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She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
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