"If there is a knower of tongues here,……" — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
"If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many things to say."
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Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
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14 Quotes by Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib has 14 quotes on this site.
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The world is no more than the Beloved's face. And the desire of the One to know its own beauty,…
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I asked my soul: What is Delhi? She replied: The world is the body and Delhi its life!
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The world is a playground -Indian
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In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.
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Consumed by the agony of remembrance The remembrance of night's festive company The one remaining candle flickers and dies.
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Since sorrow follows joy As autumn does the spring Man must transcend the joys Of earth, which sorrows bring.
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Oh, Lord, it is not the sins I have committed that I regret, but those which I have had no…
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Whereas it is difficult for everything to work out easily, A man cannot even afford to be a human
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Whoever can't see the whole in every part plays at blind man's bluff. A wise man tastes the entire Tigris…
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Lest we forget: It is easy to be human, very hard to be humane
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This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is so certain of love, that the sky bends unceasingly down, to greet…
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He gave me heaven and earth, and assumed I'd be satisfied; Actually I was too embarrassed to argue. The spiritual…
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We do not look in our great cities for our best morality.
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As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms…
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