1) "Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves!! " - Chanakya

2)"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first."- Chanakya
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3)"Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous."- Chanakya

4)"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you."- Chanakya

5)"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth." - Chanakya

6)" Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
- Chanakya

7)"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
- Chanakya

8)"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."
- Chanakya

9)"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." - Chanakya


10)"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction." - Chanakya

11)"God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple."
- Chanakya

12) "A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
- Chanakya

13) "Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
- Chanakya

14) "Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends." - Chanakya

A very beautiful tip on parenting, the way to deal with children in various age groups

15) "Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."
- Chanakya

16) "Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth." -Chanakya

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You know you are a desi when ........ You spew forth the virtues of India, but don't want to live there...............You've never had a tanning salon membership

Very good one.................

thanks for sharing with all CD

nice post. thanks.

I loved the first half of the serial chanakya. But then it got boring.. I think director/producer got money minded and stretched it.

I like number 5 , 13 and 14.

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You know you are a desi when ........ You spew forth the virtues of India, but don't want to live there...............You've never had a tanning salon membership