Chanakya
Chanakya
Chanakya; flourished c. 4th century BCE) was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnu Gupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra. As such, he is considered the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to classical economics. His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until 1915...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
CountryIndia
Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons.
Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.
As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.
Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.
One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge.
Education beats the beauty and the youth.
Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
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.
Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills.
The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool is also void, but to a poverty stricken man all is void.
She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.