Munshi Premchand Quotes

“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.”

“To be successful in life what you need is education, not literacy and degrees.”

“Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.”

“Trust is the first step to love.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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!”

“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.”

“Forgiveness has very little do with the person. It's for your own healing.”

“A corrupt dies a thousand deaths. An honest, just one.”