What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For one who has a clean heart, what is the need for pilgrimage?
CHANAKYAAs soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
More Chanakya Quotes
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She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.
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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.
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If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.
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A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace.
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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
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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?
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Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife do not quarrel.
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My dear child, if you desire to be free from the cycle of birth and death, then abandon the objects of sense gratification as poison. Drink instead the nectar of forbearance, upright conduct, mercy, cleanliness and truth.
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Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion.
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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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Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words.
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A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle simply because he sits on the top of a tall building?
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There is no disease so destructive as lust.
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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son , should be protected.
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