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“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
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“যা পেয়েছি প্রথম দিনে সেই যেন পাই শেষে,
দু হাত দিয়ে বিশ্বেরে ছুঁই শিশুর মতো হেসে॥
যাবার বেলা সহজেরে
যাই যেন মোর প্রণাম সেরে,
সকল পন্থা যেথায় মেলে সেথা দাঁড়াই এসে॥
খুঁজতে যারে হয় না কোথাও চোখ যেন তায় দেখে,
সদাই যে রয় কাছে তারি পরশ যেন ঠেকে।
নিত্য যাহার থাকি কোলে
তারেই যেন যাই গো ব’লে—
এই জীবনে ধন্য হলেম তোমায় ভালোবেসে॥”
―
দু হাত দিয়ে বিশ্বেরে ছুঁই শিশুর মতো হেসে॥
যাবার বেলা সহজেরে
যাই যেন মোর প্রণাম সেরে,
সকল পন্থা যেথায় মেলে সেথা দাঁড়াই এসে॥
খুঁজতে যারে হয় না কোথাও চোখ যেন তায় দেখে,
সদাই যে রয় কাছে তারি পরশ যেন ঠেকে।
নিত্য যাহার থাকি কোলে
তারেই যেন যাই গো ব’লে—
এই জীবনে ধন্য হলেম তোমায় ভালোবেসে॥”
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“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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“I am a Jew. Hath
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.”
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not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.”
―
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