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best historical writing requires not only a precise knowledge of the incidents or facts that laborious research has collected, but the capacity to weave the matter so as to form a lasting fabric which discloses character and motive.
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“Riding an elephant is very difficult. It’s like ascending a throne: to climb up and sit on it is a strenuous task and getting down from it is the most difficult of all! Still, one has to go through such experiences sometimes”
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― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
“We are guardians, but also a bunch of miserable wretches that are constantly fighting against threats and madness.”
― Lord of the Mysteries
― Lord of the Mysteries
“Religious leaders should keep to religion. If they interfere in politics, it spells doom for religion as well as for the kingdom.”
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― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
“The sages compared a spider’s web to man’s lust for land, gold and women. The spider spins its web and waits. A fly comes from somewhere and gets caught in it. The spider pulls the fly in slowly and devours it. The three kinds of lust were like that.”
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
“A person's nature is determined by the characteristics he inherits through his birth. It is modified by circumstances, by ways of living and by experiences.”
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― Ponniyin Selvan - All Volumes
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