A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared an act of charity which he has performed domestic conflicts private affairs with his wife poorly prepared food he may have been offered or slang he may have heard.
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Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house.
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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
The hand is not so well adorned by ornaments as by charitable offerings one does not become clean by smearing sandalwood paste upon the body as by taking a bath one does not become so much satisfied by dinner as by having respect shown to him and salvation is not attained by self-adornment as by cultivation of spiritual knowledge.
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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.
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He who desires sense gratification must give up all thoughts of acquiring knowledge and he who seeks knowledge must not hope for sense gratification.
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