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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Chanakya

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.
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Capture Enemy Prison Trust
A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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Destroy Enemy Money Pay
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
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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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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.
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Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.
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A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth.
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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.
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Give Up Knowledge Oneself Sacrifice Search
An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth.
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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.
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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
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Your feelings are your god.
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A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.
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Evil person causes harm even if treated well.
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Evil Harm Person Treat

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

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