Ruskin Bond Quote

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Ruskin Bond

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Tags: animals, man

Related Quotes

About Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond (born 19 May 1934) is an Indian author. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short stories, essays, and novels which includes 69 books for children. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.