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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.

Chanakya

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
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
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Animal Carry Family Man River Royal Trust Weapon Woman
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
CHANAKYA

Attachment Deep Experience Family Fear Grief Happiness Oneself Sorrow Wisdom
A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
CHANAKYA

Animal Death Fake Friendship Live Servant Wife
We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favor, like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
CHANAKYA

Animal Desire Expectation Hunt Kill Man Shoot Sing Talk
Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.
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Country Foreign Hide Mom Save Skill Treasure
He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy.
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Business Deal Eat Give Up Happiness Knowledge Money Shy
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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Destroy Man Perfection Time
One’s weakness should not ever be revealed.
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Oneself Reveal Weakness
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
A person becomes great not be sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. Can a crow become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building?
CHANAKYA

Animal Greatness Person Quality Simplicity Standard
A low-minded person should not be given good advice.
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Advice Goodness Mindset Person Wasted Time
How well you treat the wicked people, they don’t give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.
CHANAKYA

Character Drink Give Up Happiness Hurt People Poison
One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
CHANAKYA

Give Up Knowledge Oneself Sacrifice Search
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
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

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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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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