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Chanakya

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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


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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 need for them arises.


— Chanakya


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As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?


— Chanakya


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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


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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.


— Chanakya


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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


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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?


— Chanakya


#fame #good #man #needed #ornamentation






About Chanakya

Chanakya Quotes




Did you know about Chanakya?

By this time the King learnt the full story: Chanakya was not directly responsible for his mother's death which was an accident. Chanakya meanwhile stayed in the court as an advisor to Bindusara. Kautilya is presumably the name of the author's gotra (clan).

He is widely credited for having played an important role in the establishment of the Maurya Empire which was the first empire in archaeologically recorded history to rule most of the Indian subcontinent. As such he is considered as the pioneer of the field of economics and political science in India and his work is thought of as an important precursor to Classical Economics. Chanakya served as the chief advisor to both Chandragupta and his son Bindusara.

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