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March 2019 Good Thoughts
Calendar
Festival/Holidays in March : 4 Maha Shivaratri,
15 Karadaiyan Nonbu, 20 Holi/ Kama Dahanam, 21 Panguni Uththiram.
Full moon day/ Purnima 20
New moon day/ Amavasya 6
Ekadasi Fasting days 2 and 17
Auspicious days 3,4,8,13,17,22,24,31
31 Quotations from Tamil Veda Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar ,written at least 1500 years ago .
March 1 Friday
Agriculturists are the axil
of the world- Kural 1032
March 2 Saturday
Fair earth laughs at idlers who lament ‘we are poor without food to eat’ Kural 1040
March 3 Sunday
What is there so painful as poverty? Kural 1041
March 4 Monday
One may be able to sleep in the midst of fire; but by no means in the midst of poverty – Kural 1049
March 5 Tuesday
Ask help for public good from generous people. If they don’t give it is their fault, not yours. Kural 1051
March 6 Wednesday
May the Creator perish wandering about if he has ordained begging too, as a means of existence. Kural 1062
March 7 Thursday
The great cool world will be moving like a
lifeless puppet show if none asks for help Kural 1058
March 8 Friday
At a mere word the good
melt; but the mean, like the sugarcane, yield only under pressure- Kural 1078
March 9 Saturday
The mean will not even shake off what sticks to
their hands to any but those who would break their jaws with their clenched
fists Kural 1077
March 10 Sunday
The judge gives capital punishment to wicked killers like removing weeds from a flourishing fieLd Kural 550
March 11 Monday
The world clings to the feet of the great leader
who wields his sceptre with love for his subjects Kural 544
March 12 Tuesday
As the ultimate basis of the
Vedas of the sages, and the Dharma of wisemen
Stands the straight sceptre of a just king Kural
543
March 13 Wednesday
Rains and harvest s are rich in the land ruled by the righteous sceptre of an able leader Kural 545
March 14 Thursday
Consider well, examine impartially, consult the wise; for this is the way to do justice to all Kural 541
March 15 Friday
He who is not forearmed against coming danger, shall repent his fault in the end Kural 535
March 16 Saturday
Concentrate the mind upon what you want to
achieve ; it becomes easy then to attain it Kural 540
March 17 Sunday
The leader shield s the world; his justice
shields him when unhampered Kural 547
March 18 Monday
If the ruler does not
perform his protective function righteously,
The cows yield less, and the Brahmins forget
their mantras. Kural 560
March 19 Tuesday
The heavens will not send forth showers in
season,
If the king swerves from justice and
righteousness Kural 559
March 20 Wednesday
The world has its being because of the existence of the grand and beautiful virtue
Called graciousness 571
March 21 Thursday
Kind looks are an ornament to
the eyes 575
March 22 Friday
Men of refined courtesy accept even a cup of
poison and look cheerfully calm 580 ( Socrates and Lord Shiva) 580
March 23 Saturday
The world lives by the
benign looks of loving hearts 572
March 24 Sunday
Of what use is the song that cannot be sung? Of what use is the eye that is wanting in grace? 575
March 25 Monday
Spies disguise themselves as ascetic s to gather secrets 586
March 26 Tuesday
The spies must be sent one
by one, apart. If three spies agree, the information shall be confirmed 590
March 27 Wednesday
The reports given by one spy
must be tested and verified through another spy 588
March 28 Thursday
Strong willed mental courage is manliness 600
March 29 Friday
Wealth will find its own way to the person of
unfailing energy 594
March 30 Saturday
All thought should be the thought of rising high though it fails; it is of the nature of success 596
March 31 Sunday
The lotus stem is high according to water depth. A mans merit is the measure of his mental strength 595
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BONUS QUOTATIONS
Those four are pleasure boats of loss and ruin:
procrastination, forgetfulness, idleness and dozing 605
The king who is free from sloth shall gain all
that has been measured by the feet of Lord Vishnu 610
Leave no work undone; the world repudiates those
that are remis in their duty 612
Effort will produce wealth; idleness will bring
poverty 616
Misfortune is not a disgrace to any one, but not
to learn to do a job is shameful 618
Ill luck resides with the indolent and good luck
of the lotus deity Lakshmi with strenuous strivers 617
He does not suffer sorrow in sorrow, who does
not look for pleasure in pleasure 629
–SUBHAM–
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Operas and concerts
In Boston, the famous tenor Beniamino Gigli was singing ‘Faust’. The stage of the Boston Opera House was not adequately equipped as that of the Metropolitan. There was a trap door which sank down in order that Mephistopheles might conduct Faust to Hell. As Gigli stepped on this and began to sink, something went wrong and he became struck midway and could not get any further, though he made every effort to squeeze through. In the midst of the predicament which was now clearly evident to all the audience, the voice of a slightly inebriated Irishman roared from the top gallery,
“Thank God. I am safe at last! Hell is full!”
Xxx
ONE MAN AUDIENCE
Brahm’s kindness often revealed a finely imaginative quality. During his concert in Hungary with Joachim, the audience one evening consisted of a solitary man. The violinist was all for giving him back his money and closing before the start.
“No, said Brahms, our unique partisan does not deserve such disrespect. Let us go on with the program”. So they began, and soon were enthusiastically playing whatever their fortunate solo audience suggested.
Xxx
JUNK ORCHESTRA AND WHITE FLAG!
A story is told by Deems Taylor about the first performance in Carnegie Hal of the extremely modernistic Ballet Mechanique, by George Antheil. The composition may be classed as an extreme of extremes; and among unorthodox instruments augmenting the orchestra were ten grand pianos, six xylophones, a player piano, fire alarm siren, an airplane propeller and several automobile klaxons.
The audience, which had been attentive and quiet previously, began to fidget after the start of the music. The general excitement and consternation mounted, until finally, after eight minutes of the composition, a man in one of the front rows raised a white handkerchief tied to his cane. Where upon the entire audience burst into laughter.
Xxxxxx SUBHAM xxxx
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SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
–subham–
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–subham–
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William Blake, English mystic, poet and artist, said
I write when commanded by the spirits, and the moment I have
written I see the words fly about the room in all directions. It is then
published and the spirits can read. My manuscripts are of no further use I have
been tempted to burn my manuscripts, but my wife wont let me.
Xxx
Shakespeare Imitation!
At the Garrick Club in London the witty librettist W S Gilbert was once making light of Shakespeare, to the horror of most of those surrounding him.
All right, then, said Gilbert in answer to their protests,
Let us take this passage for example
I would as lief be thrust through a quickest hedge,
As cry Plosh, to a callow throstle
Why that is perfectly clear, insisted one of his hearers, rising to the defence of the bard.
It just means this bird lover would rather get himself all scratched up in the thorny bush than disturb the birds song. What play is the passage from?
No play, said Gilbert, I made it up — and jolly good Shakespeare too.
Xxx
Boileau in presenting a poet to M. d ‘Hemery, addressed him,
Sir, I present to you a person who will give you immortality;
but you must give him something to live upon in the meantime.
Xxx
Proof Reading !
On the subject of proof reading some authors are a menace to their publishers,
While others suffer from legitimate grievances. In one such instance the author , Ward Dorance, wrote to his publishers on the subject of proofs of his book,
In all the proof that has reached me windrow has been spelt Window, if, in ,the bound book windrow still appears as window, then neither rain nor hail, nor gloom of night nor fleets of riot squads will prevent me from assassinating the man who is responsible. If the coward hides beyond my finding, I shall step into Scribner’s and merely shoot up the place, Southern style
Xxx
Thomas Hardy
The import of Thomas Hardy’s birth was so little appreciated
that he was thrown aside for dead. Presently he must have been so in fact, had
not the nurse glancing up from attending the mother, cried out suddenly,
Dead! Stop a minute. He is alive enough sure!
Xxx Subham xxxx
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Authors
Anecdotes
When D’Angeu, a Parisian writer, heard that all
rank and merit were threatened with destruction on the breaking out of the
Revolution, he exclaimed
Well, come what will, I have Two hundred verbs
well conjugated in my escritoire!
escritoire (noun)=a small writing desk with drawers and
compartments.
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Shaw’s Friends did not like him!
When George Bernard Shaw , as a young man, emerged from his native Ireland and moved to England he began writing a column for a London weekly publication. At that time Oscar Wilde was enjoying his vogue as a wit and epigram maker. One evening an acquaintance, calling upon Wilde, happened upon a copy of the paper to which Shaw was a contributor and reading therein one of Shaw’s characteristic articles which was signed with the authors initials, said to his host,
I say, Wilde, who is this chap G B S, who is doing a department for this sheet?
He is a young Irishman named Shaw, said Wilde.
Rather forceful, isn’t he?
Forceful, echoed the other, well, rather! My word, how he does cut and slash! He doesn’t seem to spare anyone he knows. I should say he is in a fairway to make himself a lot of enemies.
Well, said Wilde, as yet he has not become prominent enough to have enemies. But none of his friends like him.
Xxx
Soon after Goldsmith’s death, some people dining with Dr Johnson were commenting freely on some parts of Goldsmith’s work , which in their opinion showed neither talent nor originality . To this Dr Johnson listened for some time, when at length his patience being exhausted he arose with great dignity, looked them full in their face, and exclaimed,
If nobody were allowed to abuse poor Goldsmith but those who could write as well, he would have few censors.
Xxx
WARBURTON
Goldsmith and Johnson onetime had an argument on
the merits of Warburton, the writer. Goldsmith asserted that Warburton was weak
writer. Dr Johnson refuted this saying.
Warburton may be absurd, but he will never be
weak; he flounders well.
FLOUNDER (verb)=struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water.
Xxx
DEDICATING A BOOK!
Somebody told Jerrold that a friend of his, a prolific writer, was about to dedicate a book to him
Ah! Replied Jerrold gravely, that is an awful weapon he has in his hands!
Xxx
B B BETTER……….
Barry Cornwall tells how he once said something
in Lambs presence which he thought possessed some smartness.
Lamb commended him with a stammer ,
Very well, my dear boy, very well. Ben ( taking
a pinch of snuff). Ben Johnson has said worse than that, and b b b better.
Xxxx
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