199 ordspråk av Chanakya
Chanakya
 The serpent may, without being poisonous, raise high its hood, but the show of terror is enough to frighten people -- whether he be venomous or not. |
| These five: the life-span, the type of work, wealth, learning and the time of one's death are determined while one is in the womb. |
| A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you, but once it has come upon you, try to get rid of it without hesitation. |
| As gold is tested in four ways by rubbing, cutting, heating and beating -- so a man should be tested by these four things: his renunciation, his conduct, his qualities and his actions. |
| The poor wish for wealth; animals for the faculty of speech; men wish for heaven; and godly persons for liberation. |
| 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. |
| A mountain is broken even by a thunderbolt: is the thunderbolt therefore as big as the mountain? No, he whose power prevails is really mighty; what is there in bulk? |
| Oil on water, a secret communicated to a base man, a gift given to a worthy receiver, and scriptural instruction given to an intelligent man spread out by virtue of their nature. |
| Our bodies are perishable, wealth is not at all permanent and death is always nearby. Therefore we must immediately engage in acts of merit. |
| All the creatures are pleased by loving words; and therefore we should address words that are pleasing to all, for there is no lack of sweet words. |
| Excessive attachment to sense pleasures leads to bondage, and detachment from sense pleasures leads to liberation; therefore it is the mind alone that is responsible for bondage or liberation. |
| Men reap the fruits of their deeds, and intellects bear the mark of deeds performed in previous lives; even so the wise act after due circumspection. |
| I consider him who does not act religiously as dead though living, but he who dies acting religiously unquestionably lives long though he is dead. |
| He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined. |
Antal ordsprog er 1469558
varav 665931 på nordiska
Ordsprog (1469558 st) Søg
Kategorier (2627 st) Søg
Kilder (167535 st) Søg
Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Lande (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)
Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik
Chanakya proverb
varav 665931 på nordiska
Ordsprog (1469558 st) Søg
Kategorier (2627 st) Søg
Kilder (167535 st) Søg
Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Lande (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)
Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik
Chanakya proverb