Quotations of Chanakya
1. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.
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2. Whether the task is big or small, the person should do it with full strength and should not relax until it is completed.
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3. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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4. A true friend or a kinsman is he who does not forsake you at the time of your illness, when you are in trouble, when enemy attacks you.
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5. Avoid or forsake the person who talks sweetly in your presence but in your absence he puts obstacles in your way and tries to harm you.
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6. If there are a wicked man and a serpent, it is better to choose the serpent because the serpent bites you only once and the wicked man causes you harm at every step.
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7. Avoid the company of a fool for he is no different from a two legged animal.
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8. Nothing is heavy for the strong or the capable.
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9. When a person is distressed, he can get relief from three things - from children, from a good wife, and from the company of good persons.
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10. The person who does not shy or hesitate in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating, in dealing with others, becomes happy.
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11. Never make the friendship with the persons who are above or below you in status. Such friendship may lead you to unhappiness.
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12. Knowledge or learning is a friend of a person in a foreign country, his wife is his friend in the house, medicine in illness and good deeds are the friends of a person at the time of his death.
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13. Everything can be acquired through learning and it is learning which is worshiped every where.
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14. The person whose actions are disorganised, is happy neither among the society nor in the forest.
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