Famous Quotes | Aunt,
there’s a...

Aunt,
there’s a difference
in what he says,
though his words are the same.
Sometimes
he speaks them with love,
and sometimes
with torment. - Hla Stavhana
Attribution: Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.), South Indian king, Prkrit poet. translated from The Gthsaptaat of Stavhana Hla by Martha Ann Selby, vs. 450, Nirnaya Sgara Press (1889).

Categories: Language, Love, Prkrit Poet, Quarrels

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