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We think these big people are very happy, but the truth is they are worse than us. We are just worried about one thing – hunger; they have a thousand worries.

Munshi Premchand

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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Devil Fear Guard Past Prison Reputation Rich Secret Way
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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Believe Ideal Man Marriage Thinking Togetherness Woman Work
What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it.
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Heart Hide People Thinking Try
If someone ensures us two square meals a day, we will sing and pray all our waking hours. If one has to hoe sugarcane all day, devotion to God vanishes like smoke.
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Devotion God Prayer Smoke Wake Up
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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Drink Milk Rain Selfish Space Tree World
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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Happiness Money Respect Soul Strength World
Illness and problems are the specialties of life. But the death of a child is a cause of mental agony which can be overcome if one concedes this world to be a stage or stadium wherein praiseworthy are those who are not proud of their achievement and those who do not cry at their defeat.
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Achievement Cry Death Defeat Life Mental Praise Problem Proud Sick
Parents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
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Friendship Karma Life Oneself Parents
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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Forever Goal Humanity Life Property Wealth
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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Eyes Face Heart Man People Woman World
Trust is the first step to love.
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Love One Liner Trust
The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.
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Each Other Man Marriage Relationship Woman
We think these big people are very happy, but the truth is they are worse than us. We are just worried about one thing – hunger; they have a thousand worries.
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Big Food People Thinking Truth Worry Worst
People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.
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Help People Selfish Turn
We all have to die some day. Not very many immortals have shown up in this world.
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Death Immortal World
My life is simple and rough.
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Life Rough Simplicity

We think these big people are very happy, but the truth is they are worse than us. We are just worried about one thing – hunger; they have a thousand worries.

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We think these big people are very happy, but the truth is they are worse than us. We are just worried about one thing – hunger; they have a thousand worries.

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