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?
CHANAKYAA 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.
More Chanakya Quotes
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Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.
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One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
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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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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
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Your feelings are your god.
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Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death.
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All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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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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Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
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