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Wealth Quotes by Chanakya
- 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…
- One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the…
- He who has wealth has friends.
- As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.
- He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who…
- 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,…
- Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.
- Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.
- He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
- Punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment.
- Sinfully acquired wealth may remain for ten years; in the eleventh year it disappears with even the original stock.
- Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.
- Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilised.
- Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit.
- Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.
- Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
- The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation.
- Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, comes of Her own accord where fools are not respected, grain is well stored up, and the husband and wife…
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