Bonsai of Thoughts (Translated)

Bonsai of Thoughts: Two Hundred Eight

1. The person who isn't yours, and never will be,
if you stay with them
you'll watch yourself disappear very soon,
though they'll lose nothing in the process.

2. Whether you're honest or dishonest
doesn't give me any headache,
as long as you're not bothering me.

3. Rather than explaining your sorrow
to a busy stranger,
it's more useful to explain
what they'd gain by easing your pain.

4. : How are you feeling?
: If only I could say!

5. The Bengali...
progressive in youth,
temple-bound in old age.

6. (Letter for account recovery)
Dear Sir,
That Facebook account was all I had to call my own. Please, could you look into the matter?

7. People spend their lives in busyness...
as much for themselves, and more for others.

8. Once a Bengali says thank you to someone,
given the chance, they'll ask for the world without reason!

A Bengali's gratitude is a very risky thing!

9. The humility of the rich, brilliant, or talented
and the humility of others...
these two spring from different sources.

10. Being brilliant
and thinking yourself brilliant
are not the same thing.

11. Most people are rude, more or less.
But this world only tolerates the rudeness of geniuses.

12. If you can afford it,
regretting after buying is far better
than regretting not buying.

13. Pride goes before a fall.

For the brilliant, this saying is inspiration.
For the mediocre, this saying is consolation.

14. People like best
those willing to be accomplices in their sins.

15. To someone I can't lie to,
I send a text message
and say the same thing, just differently.

16. : Tell me honestly, what are you really like?
: First tell me, what do you really want to hear!

17. There's no greater failure
than being unable to bear solitude.

18. Thinking about how to live life—
while thinking this very thought,
people spend their entire lives.

19. Where I am
is less important than...
who I'm with.

20. What a dead life!

The railway track where I lay down—
the very train that was supposed to come
apparently had an accident on the way!
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