"I had learnt at the onset not..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
I had learnt at the onset not to carry on public work with borrowed money.
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“I love him who is ashamed when the dice fall in his favour, and who then asketh: "Am I a dishonest player?" - for he is willing to succumb.”
“A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.”
“There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.”
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“Taxes are the sinews of the state.”
“While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.”
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