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Chanakya Inspirational Quotes (119)

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He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.
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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 (garuda) simply because he sits on the top of a tall building.
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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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Union in privacy (with one's wife) boldness storing away useful items watchfulness and not easily trusting others these five things are to be learned from a crow.
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A still-born son os 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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Love is indicated by deeds (and not by words)
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He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
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It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty.
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A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere.
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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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He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.
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This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits - one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen.
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Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable.
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Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice a man is lost due to ignorance an army is lost without a commander and a woman is lost without a husband.
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A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
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Rain which falls upon the sea is useless so is food for one who is satiated in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.
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That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up, and so should relatives who are without affection.
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Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.
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An enemy should be struck at his weak point.
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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
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All types of riches should be amassed by all means.
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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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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.
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The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded.
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