There is no disease so destructive as lust.
CHANAKYAWhat good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
More Chanakya Quotes
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Enemies strike at weak points.
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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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He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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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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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?
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A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?
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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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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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What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage?
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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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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.
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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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