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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If you have both money

If you have both money and bread, you can select with whom your daughter to wed.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

He that is rich will

He that is rich will not be called a fool.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

You will always be right

You will always be right if you suspect that you are always wrong.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

A really great unfortunate person

A really great unfortunate person is one who cannot find water even in the sea.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

It is better to be

It is better to be on your own than with people you don’t like.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Don’t talk too much because

Don’t talk too much because ignorance is greater and more dangerous than your knowledge.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Listen with your ears, look

Listen with your ears, look with your eyes, but keep silent with your mouth.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Let me look at your

Let me look at your house and I will tell you who you are.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

You don’t need to worry

You don’t need to worry if people call you ordinary -- only if you are ordinary.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Don’t let anyone know about

Don’t let anyone know about your secret money.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

You can complain about the

You can complain about the house where the husband is the wife.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

You will never lose a

You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

A person without learning is

A person without learning is like a beast dressed up in man’s clothes in the field.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

To know someone is not

To know someone is not to know their face, but to know their heart.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

To know and know that

To know and know that you know, not to know and know that you don’t know, that is to know.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

There are two types of

There are two types of people I have seen : those who fish and those who only disturb the water.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Think before you speak but

Think before you speak but do not speak everything that you think.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

Knowledge is everything but without

Knowledge is everything but without practice is nothing.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

It is easier to be

It is easier to be human than to be a human being.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

No one is perfect except

No one is perfect except two people : those who are dead and those who have not been born yet.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

If you want to remain

If you want to remain something a secret forever, then never do anything.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

The powerful are never faithful

The powerful are never faithful and the rich are seldom.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

No one is more afraid

No one is more afraid of ghosts than those that don’t believe in them.
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Vikrant Parsai

Vikrant Parsai

No one really knows about

No one really knows about you better than your own shadow.
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