3,162 Quotes About Culture
- Author Swarnakanthi Rajapakse
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According to the Buddha's doctrine that they believed in, it was not the caste that defined a person high or low. It was one's deeds that mattered.
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- Author Kenneth Clark
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Look at this charming donkey!
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- Author Martin Wickramasinghe
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Why was Malin deliberately trying to hurt the feelings of his parents? Aravinda could not find an answer. Hurting his own parents' feelings was something alien to Aravinda. He lived among rural folk who encouraged children not to flout the wishes of parents and elders.
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- Author Swarnakanthi Rajapakse
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Generally, that humble piece of furniture placed on the front veranda of the house officially belonged to the man of the household; the women never slept on it.
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In a front of each home garden the villagers fixed a triangular wooden lamp-house on the top of a pole planted on the ground to hold a small statue of Lord Buddha and some deities. They used to offer flowers at this small shrine and light a tiny clay oil lamp.
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- Author Swarnakanthi Rajapakse
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Master Salamon usually set off a little later as neither he nor other male members of their community were in the habit of walking on the road alongside their wives.
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The villagers considered it lucky to make the New Year's first money transaction with her because she was a prosperous person.
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Our innocent kids undergo much trouble. Not only do the children of high caste families look down upon our children calling them low caste brats, but even some teachers ridicule them. They beat our children for no reason.
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Even though we are supposed to be low caste and poor our vote also has the same value and validity as that of great people.
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