--- title: "2 Benefactors Quotes By Chanakya" description: "2 Benefactors quotes by Chanakya. Plus more from Chanakya and more Benefactors sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/chanakya-1643_ashes_the-fire-of-the-forest-burns-trees-to-as_1917804.jpg" --- > [The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. In the same way wicked cause harm to their benefactors also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/the-fire-of-the-forest-burns-trees-to-ashes-even-expensive-sandalwood/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/chanakya-1643_ashes_the-fire-of-the-forest-burns-trees-to-as_1917804.jpg) > [Wicked ones are like fire. Even if pu on hea, they burn only. They do not leave unhurt even their well - wishers and benefactors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/wicked-ones-are-like-fire-even-if-pu-on-hea-they-burn-only-they-do/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/135/chanakya-1643_benefactors_wicked-ones-are-like-fire-even-if-pu-on_2732046.jpg) ## Other authors on Benefactors - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefactors/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Chanakya > [A low-minded person should not be given good advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/a-low-minded-person-should-not-be-given-good-advice/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [The ruler should employ person in tasks according to their abilities because Knowers ( or the means ) and efficient employees make impossible tasks also possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/the-ruler-should-employ-person-in-tasks-according-to-their-abilities/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/the-serpent-the-king-the-tiger-the-stinging-wasp-the-small-child-the/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Prosperity lasts long for one who acts after proper consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/prosperity-lasts-long-for-one-who-acts-after-proper-consideration/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/learning-is-like-a-cow-of-desire-it-like-her-yields-in-all-seasons/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Who realises all the happiness he desires? Everything is in the hands of God. Therefore one should learn contentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/who-realises-all-the-happiness-he-desires-everything-is-in-the-hands/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Every relationship has one or the other motive behind it. Friendship or enemity are not purposeless.Oneness of motive is turned into friendship. While diversity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/every-relationship-has-one-or-the-other-motive-behind-it-friendship/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/never-share-your-secrets-with-anybody-it-will-destroy-you/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/the-beauty-of-a-cuckoo-is-in-its-notes-that-of-a-woman-in-her/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/do-not-be-very-upright-in-your-dealings-for-you-would-see-by-going-to/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/the-happiness-and-peace-attained-by-those-satisfied-by-the-nectar-of/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/what-good-is-a-cow-that-neither-gives-milk-nor-conceives-similarly/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Sometimes coincidentally an unintelligent person can accomplish a task but that does not mean that he is a knower of means and device or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/sometimes-coincidentally-an-unintelligent-person-can-accomplish-a/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/he-whose-son-is-obedient-to-him-whose-wife-s-conduct-is-in-accordance/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) > [Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chanakya/our-bodies-are-perishable-wealth-is-not-at-all-permanent-and-death-is/) [Chanakya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chanakya/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/benefactors/chanakya/#itemlist", "name": "2 Benefactors Quotes By Chanakya", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fire of the forest burns trees to ashes. Even expensive sandalwood tree which is endowed with qualities of cooling and fragrance, cannot escape from burning. 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