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.
MUNSHI PREMCHANDThe 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.
More Munshi Premchand Quotes
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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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Parents are one’s companions in life but not partakers of one’s karma.
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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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Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.
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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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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.
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Trust is the first step to love.
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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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Beauty doesn’t need ornaments. Softness can’t bear the weight of ornaments.
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People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.
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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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Wealth and compassion are opposites.
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My life is simple and rough.
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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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The first condition of marriage between a man and a woman is that both must belong to each other totally.
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