A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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?
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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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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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A still-born son is superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter like a blazing fire consumes his parents in grief for life.
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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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That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
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He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
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Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
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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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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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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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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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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
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The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
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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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Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
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An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.
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It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.
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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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The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.
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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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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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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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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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