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Benjamin Elijah Mays on why the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goals, but in having no goals to reach

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The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach. Benjamin Mays ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.’ Most of us are familiar with this golden line from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam A.H.H. However, is Read more…

Nrupal and his Beard is a folk tale from the Indian state of Maharashtra

Nrupal and his Beard: A Marathi Folk Tale

Long time ago, there lived an old man in the village of Nighoj. His name was Nrupal. His children had gone to big cities in search of jobs and his wife had passed away due to an illness. So, he lived alone. Nrupal had a long beard and was quite proud of it. He believed Read more…

“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier

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