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“People were to be happy not to the extent they dominated their fellow creatures on the earth, but to the extent they lived in balance with them”

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Book:Ecotopia
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Book:A Treacherous Curse
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“কিছু মানুষ উত্তর জানেন কিন্তু এমন আচরণ করেন যেন তারা জানেন না এবং প্রশ্ন করেন কোনও বিষয় সম্পর্কে বেশি জানার জন্য নয়, কিন্তু বক্তাকে বিব্রত করতে!”

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