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He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

Chanakya

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 king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.
CHANAKYA

King Lose Opportunity Patience Quick Time Wait
Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
CHANAKYA

Devotion Family Friendship God Relative Respect
Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.
CHANAKYA

Act Prosperity Responsibility Thinking
Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
CHANAKYA

Home King Knowledge Practice Preserve Religion Wealth Wife Word
He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
CHANAKYA

Adversity Attack Company Fear Foreign Friendship Man Run Safety War
A learned man is honored by the people. A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honored everywhere.
CHANAKYA

Education Honor Learning Man People Respect Worth
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
CHANAKYA

Money Save Water Wealth Wisdom
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
He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.
CHANAKYA

Clothes Dirty God Greatness Kindness Lose Personality Rise Rude Sleep Sun Talk
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
CHANAKYA

Better Death Grace Grief Life Loss Moments Oneself Pain Respect
Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
CHANAKYA

Disappear Original Sin Time Wealth
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.
CHANAKYA

Bite Dog Education End Life Man Protection
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 forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood.
CHANAKYA

Burn Equality Fire Forest Tree
All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
CHANAKYA

Conquer Rich Type

He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

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He who wears unclean garments, has dirty teeth, is a glutton, speaks unkindly and sleeps after sunrise – although he may be the greatest personality – will lose the favour of Lakshmi.

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