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Men Quotes by Chanakya
- A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
- A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to…
- The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from…
- 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.
- O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always…
- There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and in the sting of a scorpion; but the wicked…
- The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
- If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
- 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…
- The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings…
- Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear…
- Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on…
- Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
- 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…
- Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman…
- Constant travel brings old age upon a man; a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up; lack of sexual contact with her husband brings…
- A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family,…
- He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
- The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.
- He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe.
- At the time of the pralaya (universal destruction) the oceans are to exceed their limits and seek to change, but a saintly man never changes.
- He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
- He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.
- A man attains greatness by his merits, not simply by occupying an exalted seat. Can we call a crow an eagle (garuda) simply because he…
- We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot…
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