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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

Chanakya

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

Bitter Company Fruit Man Place World
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
CHANAKYA

Action Carry Determination Execution Reveal Secret Thinking Wisdom
As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?
CHANAKYA

Body Control Death Distance Health Save Soul Try Yourself
The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
CHANAKYA

Adult Beautiful Fools Jealous Learning Ugly Woman
There is no disease so destructive as lust.
CHANAKYA

Dangerous Destruction Lust Moral One Liner Sick
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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Activity Charity Education Learning Religious Study
The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
CHANAKYA

Burn Equality Fire Forest Tree
The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.
CHANAKYA

Change Mindset Nature People Standard
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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Destroy Man Perfection Time
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?
CHANAKYA

Goodness Man Scripture Waste
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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Better Choice Live Nature Oneself Place Poor Poverty Relationship Tree Water
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
CHANAKYA

Compassionate Divine Heart Mindset Need Purity Rise Talk
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
CHANAKYA

Company Friendship Truth
The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
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Earth Nature Power Shine Sun Support Truth Wind
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
CHANAKYA

Business Deal Eat Give Up Happiness Knowledge Money Shy
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.
CHANAKYA

Alone Born Death Experience Goodness Hell Heaven Karma Man Result

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