Chanakya Quotes

Indian - Politician 350 BC - 275 BC

A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night. Chanakya

Like, Wife, Good Wife

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. - Chanakya

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you. Chanakya

Never, Biggest, Will

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. - Chanakya

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous. Chanakya

Venomous, Even, Snake

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman. - Chanakya

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman. Chanakya

Beauty, World, Woman

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions. Chanakya

Good, Fragrance, Spreads

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. - Chanakya

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. Chanakya

Blind, Stupid, Mirror

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. - Chanakya

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. Chanakya

Destroy, Fear, Attack

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 whole-hearted and strenuous effort. Chanakya

Excellent, Doing, Learned

A man is great by deeds, not by birth. - Chanakya

A man is great by deeds, not by birth. Chanakya

Great, Deeds, Birth

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

Straight, Screwed, Cut

Top 10
Chanakya
Quotes

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

King, Small, Other

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

Education, Educated, Beauty

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth. Chanakya

Friendship, Some, Behind

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. Chanakya

Friendship, Give, Below

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 hell or the Supreme abode. Chanakya

Bad, Alone, Karma

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends. Chanakya

Next, By The Time, Treat

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. Chanakya

Mind, Purity, Senses

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

Which, Protects, Tail

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. Chanakya

Difficulty, Servant, His

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

Work, Some, Doing

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

Equal, Mind, Disease

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. Chanakya

Here, Satisfied, Persons

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

Mouth, Fly, Poison

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, Discard, Thus

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life. Chanakya

Die, Every Day, Preserve

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

Work, Sincerely, Happiest

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