O see what a wonder it is The doings of the great are strange they treat wealth as light as a straw, yet, when they obtain it, they bend under its weight.
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Religion is preserved by wealth knowledge by diligent practice a king by conciliatory words and a home by a dutiful housewife.Chanakya
By preparing a garland for a Deity with one's own hand by grinding sandal paste for the Lord with one's own hand and by writing sacred texts with one's own hand -- one becomes blessed with opulence equal to that of Indra.
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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.
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The beauty of a cuckoo is in its notes, that of a woman in her unalloyed devotion to her husband, that of an ugly person in his scholarship, and that of an ascetic in his forgiveness.
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Fondle a son until he is five years of age, and use the stick for another ten years, but when he has attained his sixteenth year treat him as a friend.
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