He who regards another's wife as his mother, the wealth that does not belong to him as a lump of mud, and the pleasure and pain of all other living beings as his own -- truly sees things in the right perspective, and he is a true pandit.


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Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. Peop...
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The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers it’s rear en...
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