A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPlease remember that law and sense are not always the same.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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