Chanakya quotes

Indian politician, strategist and writer,
350 BC - 275 BC

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

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

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> "The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. !
> It will destroy you."

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> "There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
> There is noFriendship without self-interests.
> This is a bitter truth."

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

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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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> "The fragrance of flowers spreads
> only in the direction of the wind.
> But the goodness of a person spreads in all
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> "Whores don't live
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> in company of poor men,
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> citizens never support
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> a weak company
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> birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't
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> "God is not present in idols.
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> Your feelings are your god.
> The soul is your temple."
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> "A man is great by deeds,
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> not by birth."
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> "Never make friends with people
> who are above or below you in status.
> Such friendships will never give you any
> happiness."
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> "Treat your kid like a darling
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> for the first five years.
> For the next five years,
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> scold them.
> By the time they turn sixteen,
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> treat them like a friend.
> Your grown up children are your best friends."
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> "Books are as useful to
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> a stupid person
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> a blind person."
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> "Education is the best friend.
> An educated person is
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> respected everywhere.
> Education beats the
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> beauty and the youth."
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> "Once you choose hope,
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> anything is possible"