The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
CHANAKYAWhat 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?
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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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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Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
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Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
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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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For good days one should save money, women should be protected even if it takes the money saved. But for self preservation the money and the women should be sacrificed!!
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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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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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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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They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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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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Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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