Chanakya Quotes - Page 6

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• 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

  Spiritual, Men, Wife

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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.

  Chanakya

  Education, Wisdom, Blow

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• An enemy should be struck at his weak point.

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  Political, Enemy, Weak Points

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• He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

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  Men, Limits, Speak

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• One who is to be pardoned should not be harassed.

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  Political, Should

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

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  Kings, Men, House

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• The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.

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  Mean, Political, Tasks

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• Defect in one's limb ruins a man.

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  Men, Political, Ruins

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

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  Political, Enemy, Sides

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• A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

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  Fear, Long, May

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• Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.

  Chanakya

  Awards, Punishment, People

  "Arthashastra" by Kautilya, translated by R. Shamasastry, Book I, (Ch. 4), 1915.

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• A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enemity, however, concealed, will ruerely come to light.

  Chanakya

  Winning, Light, Political

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• Education beats the beauty and the youth.

  Chanakya

  Education, Learned Person, Youth

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• The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

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  Wisdom, Sweet, Men

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

  Chanakya

  Fate, Men, Political

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• It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.

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  Inspirational, Grief, Loss

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• No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.

  Chanakya

  Attitude, Advice, Political

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• Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.

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  Taken, Medicine, Drunk

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• He who has wealth has friends.

  Chanakya

  Wealth

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• 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

  House, Youth, Painful

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• Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.

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  Mother, Destiny, Religion

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

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  Rivers, Ashes, Flow

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• If people of one''s own side have good conduct, it adds power to oneself. The misconduct on the contrary render one powerless. The enemy taks advantage of it. A skilled statesman never allows enemy to win over.

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  Winning, People, Political

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• Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders.

  Chanakya

  Ignorance, Punishment, Dwelling

  "Arthashastra". Book by Chanakya, Translated by R. Shamasastry. Bangalore: Government Press, Book I: "Concerning Discipline", Chapter 4 "Determination of the Place of Varta and of Dandaniti", 1915.

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• Eschew wicked company and associate with saintly persons. Acquire virtue day and night, and always meditate on that which is eternal forgetting that which is temporary.

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  Night, Religion, Wicked

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