WRITTEN BY S NAGARAJAN

Post No. 16,108

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ஆயிரம் பொன்மொழிகள்! (111-140) 

ச. நாகராஜன்

சில பொன்மொழிகளின் தொடர்ச்சி…! (From my collection!) 

111. Ching Chow – Determination

He who is determined has half his work done…

Ching Chow – Courtesy

The small courtesies sweeten life – The greater ennoble it …..

Ching Chow – Courtesy

Courtesy is what makes one do more than the law requires…

Ching Chow – Conversion – Silence

‘Tis written… you have not converted a man because you have silenced him ….

Ching Chow – Knowledge – Sense

Knowledge without sense is twofold folly…

Ching Chow – Lazy Man – Nothing

Who can deny – The lazy man aims at nothing and generally hits it…

Ching Chow – Laughter – Anger

Laughter cannot bring back what anger has driven away…

Ching Chow – Lover – Marriage

If you can’t decide which one of two lovers you want to marry don’t marry either…

Ching Chow – Boasting

The greatest liar is he who talks most of himself…

Ching Chow – duty

‘Tis written in jade- in doing what we ought we deserve no praise…

121. Ching Chow – Quarrel – Dogs

‘Tis said – if two men quarrel, even their dogs will have a diference…

Ching Chow – Hatchet – Egg

‘Tis written – send not for a hatchet with which to open an egg.

Courage

A courage mightier than the Sun – You rose and fought and fighting won.  – Angela Morgan

Contentment

Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it.   – Ford

எந்தவுயர் செல்வமும் ஈயா மகிமையைச்                                    சிந்தை நிறைவு தரும்                            உலக உள்ளங்கள் (327) 

                                                  ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Circumstances

A consideration of petty circumstances is the tomb of great things.  – Voltaire

Drink

He drinketh strong waters which do bemuse a man, and make him even as the wild beast of the desert.  

                                                                                                                           – W.S.  Gilbert

Do Good

Do all the good you can

By all the means you can

In all the ways you can

In all the places you can

At all the times you can

To all the people you can

As long as ever you can                                            – John Wesley

எல்லார்க்கும் எவ்வழியும் என்றுமெங்கும் நன்மைசெய்

எல்லா வகையும் இனிது                                               

                                                 உலக உள்ளங்கள் (18) 

                                                  ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Do Good

Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness. – Zoraster

மற்றவர்க்கு நன்மை செய்யின் மாட்சிமிகுந்துன்வாழ்வு

பெற்றுவரும் இன்பம் பெரிது                                             

                                                 உலக உள்ளங்கள் (672) 

                                                  ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Do Good

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.     – B. Franklin

மன்னுயிர்க்கு நல்லவனாய் மன்னிவரின் உன்னுயிர்க்கே

இன்னமுதம் ஆனாய் இனிது                      – உலக உள்ளங்கள் (6)

                                                 ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Doing Good

The difficulty of doing good all round is no reason against doing as much as good as we can.

                                                                                                                         – John Stuart Mill

131. Friend

Even if he is far away, a friend will not seem remote to a friend; the moon though far away, yet awakens the lotus of the night                                                                              – Subhashitam

Heart – Sorrow – Trouble

Keep thy heart afar from sorrow, and be not anxious about the trouble whish is not yet.   – Firdausi

Health

I have gout, asthma, and seven other maladies, but am otherwise very well.  – Sydney Smith, in a letter

Heroism – Public

The noblest needs of heroism are done within four walls, not before the public gaze.   – J.R.P. Richter

Tranquility

In manners, tranquility is the supreme power.                       – M.D. Mrintenon

அதிசய ஆற்றல் அமைதியின் பாங்கில்

விதியா யுளது விரிந்து                          உலக உள்ளங்கள் (203)

                                                ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Temptation

As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.                – Emerson

Tongue

It is the wise head that makes the still tongue.     – W.J. Lucas

நாவை அடக்குபவன் நல்லவுயர் ஞானியாய்ப்

பூவில் உயர்வன் பொலிந்து                      – உலக உள்ளங்கள் (166)

                                                ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Words

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. – Socrates

பொய்யுரைகள் பொல்லாப் புலைகள் உயிர்களை

ஐயோ அழிக்கும் அவை                         – உலக உள்ளங்கள் (177)

                                                 ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

Reading

Reading serves for delight, for ornament, for ability    – Bacon

ஆற்றல் எழில்கள் அறிவின்பம் சேருமே

ஏற்ற படிப்பால் இனிது                            உலக உள்ளங்கள் (414)

                                                 ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

140. Reading

To read without reflecting, is like eating without digesting.    – Burke

  சிந்தனை இல்லாத கல்வி செரியாத

  அந்த உணவே அறி                           உலக உள்ளங்கள் (415)

                                             ஜெகவீரபாண்டியனார்

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