Avoid him who talks sweetly before you but tries to ruin you behind your back, for he is like a pitcher of poison with milk on top. Chanakya More Quotes by Chanakya More Quotes From Chanakya One's weakness should not ever be revealed. Chanakya weakness political should There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems. Chanakya rocks wisdom water He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy. Chanakya family grief education This world is a bitter tree, it has only two sweet nectar like fruits - one is soft voice and the other is company of gentlemen. Chanakya voice sweet two Do not keep company with a fool for as we can see he is a two-legged beast. Like an unseen thorn he pierces the heart with his sharp words. Chanakya wisdom heart two Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing. Chanakya cutting education tree A friend, even if he be the enemy's son , should be protected. Chanakya political inspirational son What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man? Chanakya mirrors wisdom men Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. Chanakya wisdom happiness friendship 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 fruits. Chanakya wise inspirational men He who look at a woman who is not his wife as a mother; wealth that is not his as dust and all the men as himself... is a happy man. He, who sees all these things under a different light, is a blind. Chanakya light mother men No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry. Chanakya political advice attitude He shall despise none, but hear the opinions of all. A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance. Chanakya wise men children He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path. Chanakya community wisdom kings Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons. Like a mother, it feeds you on your journey. Therefore learning is a hidden treasure. Chanakya wisdom journey mother He who runs away from a fearful calamity, a foreign invasion, a terrible famine, and the companionship of wicked men is safe. Chanakya wisdom running men He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby. Chanakya mind education heart Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills. Chanakya wisdom secret men All types of riches should be amassed by all means. Chanakya riches political mean Even a pandit comes to grief by giving instruction to a foolish disciple, by maintaining a wicked wife, and by excessive familiarity with the miserable. Chanakya wife grief giving
