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“we should avoid relying on high-profile lawyers (with political inclinations) because with their argumentative skills, they are able to rationalize all forms of tyranny.”
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“Teachers should have a proud place in society. In India, regrettably, they do not – as exemplified, by what I chanced to witness a few years back in Delhi. A wizened old man driving his 1938 Austin at a speed under 20 mph with a sign at the back of the car reading, ‘Please overtake me – as all my students have.’ Pathetic, but how true!”
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“If you do not acquire the fine art of suppressing your ego when you are young, it will surely overtake you when you are older, after which it will become an incurable disease. What is worse is that you will also become a bit of a bore.”
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“Advice is nice / On it I’ve thriven / Not mother’s or other’s / But what I’ve given!”
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
― Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography
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