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.
MUNSHI PREMCHANDThe first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.
More Munshi Premchand Quotes
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Wealth and compassion are opposites.
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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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We all have to die some day. Not very many immortals have shown up in this world.
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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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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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Trust is the first step to love.
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Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
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Parents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
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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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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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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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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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If brothers don’t help each other in times of need, how do you think life will ever go on?
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Boys are quite often whimsical. Whereas girls are modest by nature and know their responsibilities very well. Their weapons are service, sacrifice, and love, by which they conquer over the males.
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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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