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101 " Sinfully acquired money stays for ten years; in the eleventh year, it is completely destroyed along with the principal amount. "
― Rajen Jani , Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms
102 " An unsuitable object in the hands of a capable person becomes suitable, while a suitable object in the hands of an incapable person becomes unsuitable. "
103 " One who lives by eating roots from unploughed fields, and fruits that have fallen on the ground, who always resides in forests, who daily performs the worship of the departed ancestors, such a Brahmin is known as a Rishi. "
104 " In the company of saints an evil person becomes a saint, but a saint in the company of evil persons does not become evil; the scent of a flower is absorbed by the earth, but the scent of the earth is not absorbed by the flower. "
105 " She is a wife who is pure and competent, she is a wife who remains faithful to her husband, she is a wife whom the husband loves, she is a wife who speaks truthfully. "
106 " Truth is mother, knowledge is father, righteousness is brother, kindness is friend, peace is wife, forgiveness is son, these six are my relatives. "
107 " A jewel rolls on the feet, a glass on the head is kept, but at buying-selling time, a glass is a glass, and a jewel is a jewel. "
108 " Without a son, a house is empty; directions are empty without relations; a fool’s heart is empty; absolutely empty is poverty. "
109 " Non-everlasting is the body, wealth is also not permanent, always together stays death; therefore, righteous acts do accumulate. "
110 " Without its application, knowledge is poison; in stomach troubles, food is poison; in poverty, a social gathering is poison; in old age, a young woman is poison. "
111 " To see one’s own mother in another man’s wife, to see useless pebbles in another man’s wealth, to see oneself in all beings of the world; one who sees thus, truly sees. "
112 " Endless are the scriptures, too vast is knowledge, limited is time, and many are the obstacles; thus the essence should be taken, like a swan takes out the milk from water. "
113 " Knowledge is a friend in a journey, a wife is a friend in home, medicine is a friend in disease, and righteousness is a friend in death. "
114 " Discard the religion that shows no mercy, discard the Guru who is without knowledge, discard the wife who has an angry mouth, discard the relative who has no affection. "
115 " Even if a sandalwood is cut, it does not forsake its fragrance; even if an elephant grows old, it does not forsake its sportiveness; even if a sugarcane is squeezed in a mill, it does not forsake its sweetness; likewise, even if reduced to abject poverty, a man of noble lineage does not forsake his noble qualities. "
116 " Travel ages the body, mountains by water are aged, lack of sexual intercourse ages a woman, clothes by heat are aged. "
117 " Courtesy from the sons of a king, good speech from a learned man, unrighteous behaviour from gamblers, and deceits from women, should be learnt. "
118 " By keeping senses under his control, a learned man, the knower of the strengths of place and time, with his speech, can accomplish all types of work. "
119 " One who spends recklessly, one who is an orphan, one who loves quarrels, and one who is eager for all kinds of women, such a man is swiftly destroyed. "
120 " What to do at which time? Who is a friend? What type of a place is this? What is income and what is expense? What am I? What are my strengths and weaknesses? Deeply think again and again. "