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Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family. — Chanakya

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. — Chanakya

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

He who has wealth has friends. — Chanakya

The disgrace of one's people brings sorrow to the Nobel minded. — Chanakya

One's weakness should not ever be revealed. — Chanakya

Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment. — Chanakya

Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit. — Chanakya

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. — Chanakya

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth. — Chanakya

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? — Chanakya

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. — Chanakya

There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems. — Chanakya

Fire, even if put on head, burns only. — Chanakya

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

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings. — Chanakya

There is no disease so destructive as lust. — Chanakya

A learned man is honoured by the people.A learned man commands respect everywhere for his learning. Indeed, learning is honoured everywhere. — Chanakya

A man is great by deeds, not by birth. — Chanakya

Time perfects all living beings as well as kills them; it alone is awake when all others are asleep. Time is insurmountable. — Chanakya

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish) — Chanakya

Trees on a riverbank, a woman in another man's house, and kings without counselors go without doubt to swift destruction. — Chanakya

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man. — Chanakya

At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes. — Chanakya

He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path. — Chanakya

A low-minded person should not be given good advice. — Chanakya

One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed. — Chanakya

All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words. — Chanakya

A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected. — Chanakya

Learning is a friend on the journey; a wife in the house; medicine in sickness; and religious merit is the only friend after death. — Chanakya

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability. — Chanakya

As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity. — Chanakya

Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock. — Chanakya

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits. — Chanakya

Chanakya loved anger. It was a wonderfully energetic emotion and could be used very productively if channelled in the right direction. — Ashwin Sanghi

Your feelings are your god. — Chanakya

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

There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked man is saturated with it. — Chanakya

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. — Chanakya

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives. — Chanakya

Save money for adversity, wife against riches undoubtedly,
But save the soul even against wife and riches invariably.
[6] 1.6 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

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

The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master. — Chanakya

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. — Chanakya

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

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined. — Chanakya

A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home. — Chanakya

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men. — Chanakya

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? — Chanakya

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution. — Chanakya

The learned has grieve by instructing foolish disciple surely,
As a wicked wife or with the wretched having familiarity.
[4] 1.4 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Save wealth but never assume it removes all calamity,
When riches forsake, amassed stock dwindles rapidly.
[7] 1.7 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Swans live wherever there is water, and leave the place where water dries up; let not a man act so - and comes and goes as he pleases. — Chanakya

A debt should be paid off till the last penny; An enemy should be destroyed without a trace — Chanakya

The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation. — Chanakya

People's Fury is above all the furies. — Chanakya

As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family. — Chanakya

Good behavior wins even an enemy. — Chanakya

When one is consumed by the sorrows of life, three things give him relief: offspring, a wife, and the company of the Lord's devotees. — Chanakya

No one should ever be disrespected. — Chanakya

It is narual for enemy to attack on the weaker side of the adversary. — Chanakya

Time perfects men as well as destroys them. — Chanakya

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth. — Chanakya

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

An enemy should be struck at his weak point. — Chanakya

Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house. — Chanakya

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes. — Chanakya

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend. — Chanakya

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all. — Chanakya

Task performed by an unintelligent person should not be rated high. — Chanakya

She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful. — Chanakya

Offspring, friends and relatives flee from a devotee of the Lord: yet those who follow him bring merit to their families through their devotion. — Chanakya

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

Little given to brahman in distress compensated abundantly,
Is got back not in equal quantity, but in a way higher degree.
[210] 12.2 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted. — Chanakya

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

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him. — Chanakya

A single son endowed with good qualities is far better than a hundred devoid of them. — Chanakya

Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity. — Chanakya

Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment. — Chanakya

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. — Chanakya

Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised. — Chanakya

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins. — Chanakya

The forest fire burns even tree like sandalwood. — Chanakya

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one. — Chanakya

Where you are not respected inhabit not that country,
You can not earn, have friends and get knowledge truly.
[8] 1.8 Chanakya — Munindra Misra

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. — Chanakya

Knower of the means makes impossible tasks also possible. — Chanakya

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman. — Chanakya

There is no enemy like infatuation and fire like wrath. — Chanakya

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

Prosperity last long for one who acts after proper consideration. — Chanakya

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems. — Chanakya

A permanent relationship is dependent on particular purpose or wealth. — Chanakya

Love is indicated by deeds (and not by words) — Chanakya

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear. — Chanakya

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy. — Chanakya

Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills. — Chanakya

He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance. — Chanakya

He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. — Chanakya