Moral excellence is an ornament for personal beauty; righteous conduct, for high birth; success for learning; and proper spending for wealth.
ChanakyaWater is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in the middle of a dinner; and it is like poison when taken at the end of a meal.
ChanakyaThere are three gems upon this earth; food, water, and pleasing words - fools (mudhas) consider pieces of rocks as gems.
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