Chanakya Quotes on Man (31 Quotes)

Oil on water, a secret communicated to a base man, a gift given to a worthy receiver, and scriptural instruction given to an intelligent man spread out by virtue of their nature.

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.

Scriptural lessons not put into practice are poison a meal is poison to him who suffers from indigestion a social gathering is poison to a poverty stricken person and a young wife is poison to an aged man.

The prostitute has to forsake a man who has no money, the subject a king that cannot defend him, the birds a tree that bears no fruit, and the guests a house after they have finished their meals.

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.

As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating -- so a man should be tested by these four things his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions.

Wise men should never go into a country where there are no means of earning one's livelihood, where the people have no dread of anybody, have no sense of shame, no intelligence, or a charitable disposition.

A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.

One destitute of wealth is not destitute, he is indeed rich (if he is learned) but the man devoid of learning is destitute in every way.

For want of discernment the most precious jewels lie in the dust at the feet of men while bits of glass are worn on their heads. But we should not imagine that the gems have sunk in value, and the bits of glass have risen in importance. When a person of critical judgement shall appear, each will be given its right position.

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice a man is lost due to ignorance an army is lost without a commander and a woman is lost without a husband.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.

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

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

A wise man should not reveal his loss of wealth, the vexation of his mind, the misconduct of his own wife, base words spoken by others, and disgrace that has befallen him.

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

If a man should feel before, as he feels after, repentance -- then who would not attain perfection.

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

A wise man should marry a virgin of a respectable family even if she is deformed. He should not marry one of a low-class family, through beauty. Marriage in a family of equal status is preferable.

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

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

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.

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.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

He should be considered to be living who is virtuous and pious, but the life of a man who is destitute of religion and virtues is void of any blessing.

He who has wealth has friends and relations he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Constant travel brings old age upon a man a horse becomes old by being constantly tied up lack of sexual contact with her husband brings old age upon a woman and garments become old through being left in the sun.