Anna Jameson

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

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fear
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Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather.

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poetry
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We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.

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sometimes , love , impossible , understand
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The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows, must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill.

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streams , which , would , otherwise , thousand
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Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all.

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work , some , form , other , appointed
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Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

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accuracy , language
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Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

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childhood , sometimes , does
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What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

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earnestly , aspire , some
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The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

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only , competition , worthy
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A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the want of sense.

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man , may , much