They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
CHANAKYAVirtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
More Chanakya Quotes
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
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The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
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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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Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.
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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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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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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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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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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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Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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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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When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord’s devotees.
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Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.
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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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