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"Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble."
"It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine."
"Secrets affect you more than you'd think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone'll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn't it the secret who's actually using you?"
"I have spent many an hour, when I was younger, floating over its surface as the zephyr willed, having paddled my boat to the middle, and lying on my back across the seats, in a summer forenoon, dreaming awake, until I was aroused by the boat touching the sand, and I arose to see what shore my fates had impelled me to; days when idleness was the most attractive and productive industry. Many a forenoon have I stolen away, preferring to spend thus the most valued part of the day; for I was rich, if not in money, in sunny hours and summer days, and spent them lavishly."
"What happens in the dark should not be brought to light."
"While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive."
Explore more quotes by Chanakya
"There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth."
"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."
"Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth."
"The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there."
"We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first."
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