Chanakya

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

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.

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One’s weakness should not be revealed.

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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.

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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.

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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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Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

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An enemy should be struck at his weak point.

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A friend, even if he be the enemy’s son, should be protected.

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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.

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