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Kālidāsa (Sanskrit: कालिदास "Servant of Kali") fl. 4th–5th century AD, was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on Hindu Puranas and philosophy.
Also known as: Kalidas, Kālidāsa
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We have watered the trees that blossom in the summer-time. Now let's sprinkle those whose flowering-time is past. That will be a better deed, because we shall not be working for a reward.
To be a king, is to be a disappointed man.
A good man never lets grief get the upper hand. The mountains are calm even in a tempest.
What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.
A bee may be born in a hole in a tree, but she likes the honey of the lotus.
It is just such women, selfish, sweet, false, that entice fools.
I cannot taste the sweet, and cannot leave it.
A thought is as vivid as an act, to a lover.
O my good fortune, please subdue the anguish of your Soul. Nobody is destined only to happiness or to pain. The wheel of life takes one up and down by turn.
Be brave, and check the rising tears
Because your heart, by loving fancies blinded,
The mind of age is like a lamp
A blossom yet unsmelt,
Grief must be shared to be endured.
May lily-dotted lakes delight your eye;
Though many different paths, O Lord,
May kingship benefit the land,
God Shiva and his mountain bride,
I treated her with scorn and loathing ever;
If a professor thinks what matters most
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