Chanakya Quotes

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• Till the enemy's weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.

  Chanakya

  Political, Enemy, Friendly

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• Don't judge the future of a person based on his present conditions, becausetime has the power to change black coal to shiny diamond.

  Chanakya

  Judging, Black, Coal

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

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  Friendship, Education, Self

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• A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

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  Integrity, Men, Deeds

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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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  Enemy, Debt, Lasts

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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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  Giving Up, Giving, Pleasure

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• The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

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  Education, Secret, Guru

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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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  Tree, Dry, Fool

  "The Agni and the Ecstasy: Collected Essays of Steven J. Rosen". Book by Steven J. Rosen, June 2012.

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• A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

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  Integrity, Cutting, People

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• Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

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  Inspirational, Encouraging, People

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• Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

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  Inspirational, Work, Successful

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• 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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  Wisdom, Men, Noble Man

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• Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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  Wisdom, Snakes, Should

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• God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

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  God, Idols, Soul

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• Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top.

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  Wisdom, Trying, Poison

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• As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Emotion

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• Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

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  Relationship, Adversity, Wife

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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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  Rain, Fall, Sea

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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.

  Chanakya

  Best Friend, Wife, Riches

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• Skills are called hidden treasure as they save like a mother in a foreign country.

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  Mother, Country, Skills

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• Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible.

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  Inspirational, Mean, Political

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• 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.

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  Inspirational, Book, Wealth Of Knowledge

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• Do not put your trust in a bad companion nor even trust an ordinary friend, for if he should get angry with you, he may bring all your secrets to light.

  Chanakya

  Bad Friend, Light, Secret

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• There is no disease so destructive as lust.

  Chanakya

  Lust, Disease, Destructive

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• Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.

  Chanakya

  Inspirational, Long, Political

  "Maxims of Chanakya". Book by V. K. Subramanian, September 1980.

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