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Premchand
14 quotes
“Beauty doesn't need ornaments. Softness can't bear the weight of ornaments.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What greatness do I have that I have to tell anyone about? I live just like millions of people in this country; I am ordinary. My life is also ordinary. I am a poor school teacher suffering family travails. During my whole lifetime, I have been grinding away with the hope that I could become free of my sufferings. But I have not been able to free myself from suffering. What is so special about this life that needs to be told to anybody?”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The future belongs to the peasants and workers...India cannot remain unaffected by these winds of change...Who had suspected before the Resolution the tremendous might of the exploited peoples of Russia.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The greater the calamity, [he once wrote] the tougher the fibre. It is tragedy that makes a man.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My ideal of a woman is a combination of sacrifice, care and purity at one place. Sacrifice without a hope for reward, without showing any dissatisfaction and purity like Ceaser's wife, which does not bring any regret.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For children, father is a luxurious item, - just like beans for the horse....but mother is everything for the child. The child cannot bear separation from his mother even for a minute.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The feeling of motherhood in a woman becomes stronger as she grows older. In fact a time comes when every man is like a son in the eyes of a woman. There is not an ounce of sexual desire left in her heart. But this stage never comes in a man…he can never free himself from sexual desires.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Does being a man make all things forgivable and being a woman all things unforgivable?”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In another novel titled Suhag ka Shav quoted in page=93”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the duty of a writer to protect and argue in favour of those who are oppressed, sufferers, whether an individual or a group deprived.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If a woman does not get love in her life, it is better for her to die.”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right?”
Premchand (1880–1936) said by 1936 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The rich never go hungry, but the poor are always starving. This is the real tragedy of our society.”
Premchand (1880–1936) first seen 1936 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Godaan (1936), Premchand's last and most celebrated novel.
“A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by his character and deeds.”
Premchand (1880–1936) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Karmabhoomi (1932).