As the man who digs obtains underground water by use of a shovel, so the student attains the knowledge possessed by his preceptor through his service.
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The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.Chanakya
Those parents who do not educate their sons are their enemies for as is a crane among swans, so are ignorant so are ignorant sons in a public assembly.
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He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.
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It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty.
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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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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
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