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Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

~Chanakya

Topics: Beats Beauty Best Best Friend Educated Education Everywhere Friend Person Respected Youth

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The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

~Chanakya

Topics: Child Dog Fool King Other Ought Owned People Serpent Seven Sleep Small Small Child Tiger Wasp

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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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Topics: Above Any Below Friends Friendships Give Happiness Make Never People Status Who Will You

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

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Topics: Cut First Honest Honest People People Person Screwed Should Straight Too Trees

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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 the bites of insects.

~Chanakya

Topics: Bites Covers Dog End Insects Life Man Neither Nor Protects Rear Tail Uneducated Useless Which

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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.

~Chanakya

Topics: Always Am Answers Ask Before Deeply Doing Find Go Might Only Questions Results Satisfactory Some Start Successful Think Three Why Will Work You Yourself Ahead

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Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

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Topics: Compassionate Desires Divine Heart Mind Needed Platform Purity Rise Senses Speech Who

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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.

~Chanakya

Topics: Abandon Afraid Failure Happiest Once People Sincerely Something Start Who Work Working You

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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

~Chanakya

Topics: Austerity Balanced Contentment Covetousness Disease Equal Happiness Like Mercy Mind Virtue

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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 man is saturated with it.

~Chanakya

Topics: Fang Fly Man Mouth Poison Saturated Serpent Sting Wicked

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Politician

Born: Unknown

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