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Vaishali said:
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I know, I know… a British scholar :( Already this is rife with translation errors, ostensibly to quench the early 20th century English audience. Even called the Asuras “dragons”. Until I can get my hands on a Sanskrit-English version of all 10 books
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.”
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
― The Oxford Francis Bacon IV: The Advancement of Learning
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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