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.
CHANAKYA
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?
More Chanakya Quotes
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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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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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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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Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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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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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
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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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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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She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself… is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind.
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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Love is indicated by deeds. (and not by words)
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