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Letter "C" » Chanakya Quotes
«The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.»
«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.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bites, covers, insects, protects, rears
«Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
acquisitions, activities, spanned, spanning, spans
«If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?»
«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.»
«The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.»
«Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.»
«It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.»
«He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.»
«As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.»
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