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423Rare indeed is a natural friend. A son who thinks of the welfare of the parents is difficult to get. A wife who is like her husband in every way (i.e. in thought, word and deed) is hard to find. A relative who is also a loved one is very rare. Chanakya
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Rare qualities in persons -
436He lives who has good qualities. He also lives who has dharma. The life of one who has neither good qualities nor dharma is without any purpose. Chanakya
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A life without good qualities is a futile life -
490For the Brahmins, Agni (Fire) is guru, for the other varnas (kshatriya, vysya and Sudra) braahmana is guru, for women husband is guru and the guest (Atithi) is guru for everyone. Chanakya
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A guest is as good as a guru -
484The cuckoo’s beauty is its melody, a woman’s beauty is pativratam, an ugly person’s beauty is learning and a tapaswi’s ( one who does tapas) beauty is forgiveness. Chanakya
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Qualities that enhance the beauty -
423A person whose mother is not in his house and his wife always offends him by her speech, should better take to the forest. For him home is also like a forest. Chanakya
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When living in a house becomes as good as living in a forest? -
436A person whose son, servant and wife are under his control and who is content even in times of scarcity, that person is in Heaven on earth. Chanakya
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460Where fools are not respected, food grains are well-stocked and there is no quarrel between husband and wife, there Goddess Lakshmi comes uninvited. Chanakya
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There are places where Goddess lakshmi makes an entry without an invitation -
468One should not take up residence in a place where these five are absent - rich person, a brahman learned in the vedas, king, river and doctor. Chanakya
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A place without rich person, a brahman learned in the vedas, king, river and doctor is not worth living in -
439There is considerable distance betwwen the body and good qualities. The body can die any minute but the good qualities stay for many many ages (Persons are remembered for their good qualities even after death, not for their bodily features). Chanakya
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Physical body perishes. A good deed lives for ever -
473Even a minute of one’s life cannot be obtained even for a million gold coins. If it is not used puposefully what loss is bigger than that? Chanakya
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Riches and money should be used for noble purposes -
422The sepent is cruel, the evil person is cruel; the evil person is more cruel than the serpent. The serpent can be controlled by mantra and medicines. By what means can the evil person be prevented from committing evil acts? Chanakya
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Nothing can reduce the evil qualities in a man. Be away from such people -
495An evil person, though adorned with learning, is to be avoided. Is not the snake adorned with a jewel in its hood not frightening? Chanakya
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An evil person though gifted with education cannot be relied -
426An evil person but his talk is pleasing to the ears of the recipient- these two things cannot go together. No one can give credence to this. It is like honey on the tongue with deadly poison in the heart. Chanakya
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There is no value for an evil person's sweet talk -
441No one is a friend per se and no one is an enemy per se; friends and enemies are created out of personal dealings and behaviour. Chanakya
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Depending on your behavior, a friend becomes good or bad to you -
489For one in an alien land learning is friend, for one staying at home mother is friend , for one suffering from illness medicine is friend and for the departed souls dharma is friend. Chanakya
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A righteous path comforts different classes of people -
418Good men show kindness even to those who do not possess good qualities just as the Moon does not withhold her light from the hut of a chandala Chanakya
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Noble person showers kindness even to a person with bad qualities -
445Even as a single dry tree on fire will destroy the whole forest, so also the entire family (or clan) will be destroyed by a son of evil character or tendencies. Chanakya
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A son with evil nature and bad qualities brings bad name to the family -
439Even as a single good tree with fragrant flowers can spread the fragrance in the entire forest, so also the entire family (or clan) shines by a son possessing good qualities. Chanakya
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A son possessing good qualities brings good name to the entire family. -
488For five years one’s son should be pampered, the next ten years he should be beaten (meaning he must be disciplined) and once he turns sixteen he should be treated as a friend. Chanakya
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Different stages of parenting a son well explained -
421What is the purpose of having a son who is neither learned nor devoted to God? It is useless to have a blind eye which will only result in eye-ache. Chanakya
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A son without learning and devotion is of no use