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People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.


Kakuzō Okakura

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Yaqeen pe hai shaq Mujhy.....
.....Kis ka jhoot jhoot hai,
K...
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Say...
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LJUPKA CVETANOVA

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KAKUZō OKAKURA Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.
KAKUZō OKAKURA But when we consider how small after all the cup of human enjoyment is, how soon overflowed with tea...
KAKUZō OKAKURA The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.
KAKUZō OKAKURA Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their...
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KAKUZō OKAKURA True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.
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