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A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

Chanakya

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.
CHANAKYA

Cleaning Flow Metal River Woman
Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
CHANAKYA

Comparison Dare Lust Man Shy Woman
Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
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Books Person Stupidity Waste
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
CHANAKYA

Action Born Greatness Man
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
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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Beautiful Devotion Education Forgiveness Husband Person Song Ugly Woman
Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man’s true wealth.
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Desire Difference Man Noble Respect Standard True Wealth Worth
The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
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Animal God Heaven Liberty Man Person Wealth
The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
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Beautiful Big Power Woman World Youth
A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.
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Control Deep Fear Yourself
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
People’s Fury is above all the furies.
CHANAKYA

Angry Important One Liner People
One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.
CHANAKYA

Book Knowledge Need Time Wealth
There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.
CHANAKYA

Equality Happiness Mercy Mindset Satisfaction Virtue
A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.
CHANAKYA

Beautiful Choice Equality Family Man Marriage Respect Status Wisdom
Time perfects men as well as destroys them.
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Destroy Man Perfection Time

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

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