Since the day Brahma created the world to this day, no one’s ever been able to satisfy a wedding guest. They always find some opportunity or other to find fault and criticise. One who can’t even afford a dry piece of bread at home becomes a lord at the wedding party.
MUNSHI PREMCHANDParents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
More Munshi Premchand Quotes
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We all have to die some day. Not very many immortals have shown up in this world.
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Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn’t drink it herself – that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.
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A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow!
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Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.
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I will not call that person happy who knows no rest because of his enemies, who is the butt of fun by all and for whom no one has any empathy, who is as if held on a leash by others, who has lost himself in hedonistic pursuits, who preys on those weaker to him and wags his tail for his superiors.
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If brothers don’t help each other in times of need, how do you think life will ever go on?
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If there were a being in the world whose eyes could look into other people’s hearts, very few men or women would be able to face up to it.
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Trust is the first step to love.
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My life is simple and rough.
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Beauty doesn’t need ornaments. Softness can’t bear the weight of ornaments.
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Parents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
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As long as the shackles of wealth and property bind us, we will remain accursed forever and never attain the altar of humanity, which is life’s ultimate goal.
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I believe that if man and woman cherish the same ideals and think alike, then the marriage can be complementary to each other’s work instead of being a hindrance.
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The world assumes that we are very happy with high mansions, fine carriages, servants and attendants, huge investments, and concubines. But he who is without the honor and strength of the soul can be anything but happy.
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What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it.
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