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"21 Chanakya Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 375 BC. Died: 283 BC | Teacher | Philosopher | Economist | Jurist | Adviser |

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Man Great Deed Birth
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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.

Once Start Working Afraid
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The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.

Flowers Fragrance Spread Direction
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A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
Person Honest Straight Trees
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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.

Work Always Ask Questions
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Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
Books Useful Stupid Person
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As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Fear Soon Approaches Attack
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Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
Snake Poisonous Pretend Venomous
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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Self-interest Friendship Bitter Truth
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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

Education Friend Person Respected
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The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman

World Biggest Power Youth
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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.

Good Wife Serve Husband
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God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

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

Reveal Thought Wise Council
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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.

Test Servant Duty Relative
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Wise Man Restrain Sense
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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.
Dog Life Uneducated Man
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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.

Earth Supported Power Truth
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The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

One Excellent Thing Learned
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Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
Upright Dealing Forest Straight
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He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

Overly Attached Family Members
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Chanakya Quotes & Sayings