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Chanakya
Indian • Politician
38
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 38 quotesIf one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?— Chanakya
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.— Chanakya
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.— Chanakya
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.— Chanakya