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Chanakya

  • It is better to have only one son from whom the whole family can derive support and peacefulness.... Chanakya {view}
  • For want of discernment the most precious jewels lie in the dust at the feet of men while bits of glass are worn on their heads. But we should not imagine that the gems have sunk in value, and the bits of glass have risen in importance. When a person of critical judgement shall appear, each will be given its right position.... Chanakya {view}
  • Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.... Chanakya {view}
  • Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself.... Chanakya {view}
  • The hearts of base men burn before the fire of other's fame, and they slander them being themselves unable to rise to such a high position.... Chanakya {view}
  • Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.... Chanakya {view}
  • Fish, tortoises, and birds bring up their young by means of sight, attention and touch; so do saintly men afford protection to their associates by the same means.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • A man who encounters the following three is unfortunate; the death of his wife in his old age, the entrusting of money into the hands of relatives, and depending upon others for food.... Chanakya {view}
  • A woman does not become holy by offering by charity, by observing hundreds of fasts, or by sipping sacred water, as by sipping the water used to wash her husbands feet.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • Those men who are happy in this world, who are generous towards their relatives, kind to strangers, indifferent to the wicked, loving to the good, shrewd in their dealings with the base, frank with the learned, courageous with enemies, humble with elders and stern with the wife.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • I consider him who does not act religiously as dead though living, but he who dies acting religiously unquestionably lives long though he is dead.... Chanakya {view}
  • Kings speak for once, men of learning once, and the daughter is given in marriage once. All these things happen once and only once.... Chanakya {view}
  • The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.... Chanakya {view}
  • 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.... Chanakya {view}
  • The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.... Chanakya {view}
  • The prostitute has to forsake a man who has no money, the subject a king that cannot defend him, the birds a tree that bears no fruit, and the guests a house after they have finished their meals.... Chanakya {view}