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
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To wake at the proper time to take a bold stand and fight to make a fair division (of property) among relations and to earn one's own bread by personal exertion are the four excellent things to be learned from a cock.Chanakya
Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.
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Those who are destitute of learning, penance, knowledge, good disposition, virtue and benevolence are brutes wandering the earth in the form of men. They are burdensome to the earth.
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Residing in a small village devoid of proper living facilities, serving a person born of a low family, unwholesome food, a frowning wife, a foolish son, and a widowed daughter burn the body without fire.
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Conciliate a strong man by submission, a wicked man by opposition, and the one whose power is equal to yours by politeness or force.
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Give up a member to save a family, a family to save a village, a village to save a country, and the country to save yourself.
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