There are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.
ChanakyaTreat 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.
ChanakyaHe who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations.
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