Honesty/Truthfulness

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Chanakya Niti quotes:


  • Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortun.

  • He is a true friend who does not forsake us in time of need, misfortune, famine, or war, in a king's court, or at the crematorium (smasana).

  • Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family

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