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POWER OF WHISPER! (Post No.5568)

 

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Date: 20 October 2018

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Post No. 5568

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Father Anecdotes

Part of Aaron Burr’s reputation for profligacy was due, no doubt, to that vanity representing women of which Davis himself speaks. He never refused to accept the parentage of a child

Why do you allow this woman to saddle you with her child when you know you were not the father of the child? said a friend to him a few months before his death.

Sir, he replied, when a lady does me the honour to name me the father of her child I trust that I shall always be too gallant to show myself ungrateful for the favour.

WHO IS AARON BURR?

Aaron Burr, in full Aaron Burr, Jr., (born February 6, 1756, Newark, New Jersey [U.S.]—died September 14, 1836, Port Richmond, New York, U.S.), third vice president of the United States (1801–05), who killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel (1804) and whose turbulent political career ended with his arrest for treason in 1807.

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ENGLISH POET SHELLEY BECAME CAPTAIN JONES!

in 1814, Shelley, being then twenty two, and the father of two children by Harriet, visited the family at Field Place for the first time since expulsion from Oxford. A reconciliation would then have been easy, but instead Timothy made his son feel unwelcome. Indeed, so panicky was this patriotic M P of being detected harbouring a liberal and an atheist —-albeit his son— that he compelled Shelley to masquerade under the name of Captain Jones, and to wear on public highways, the uniform of a young officer then visiting the Shelleys.

WHO IS TIMOTHY?

Shelley’s father Timothy Shelley

Shelly’s mother- Elizabeth Pilfold

Shelley’s Wives: – Mary Shelley, Harriet Westbrook

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Home Life Anecdotes

When she was asked how she made her soft voice made heard above the notorious roars of her husband and eight sons, Rider Haggards delicate little mother replied,
“That is very simple. I whisper”.

In the Haggards family a whisper is so unusual that everyone listens to it with profound surprise.

Xxxx

20 years in kitchen!

The wife of an Iowa farmer, whose place was isolated in the vastness of the prairie, suddenly went out of her mind and was carted away in a straitjacket by an ambulance from the nearest state hospital. An attendant remained behind to get the data on the case from the puzzled and distressed husband, who lamented,
“Now what do you suppose could o’ went wrong with the old woman? why, man alive, she ain’t been out of the kitchen in 20 years?”

Xxxx

HOW TO COMPROMISE WITH YOUR WIFE!

Two young benedicts, married about a year, were discussing their various marital problems .
I am the head of the house, said one. I think I should be; after all I earn the money.

Well, said the other. My wife and I have a perfect agreement. I decide all the major matter s and she takes care of all the minor matters.
And how is that working out?
Somewhat ruefully the other replied
“Well, so far no major matters have come up”.

Meaning of Benedict:–

a newly married man, especially one who has been long a bachelor.

Xxxx SUBHAM XXX

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‘GOD KNOWS WHERE MARK TWAIN IS’ (Post No.5557)

 

 

 

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Date: 18 October 2018

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Post No. 5557

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NB:–  a few anecdotes may be repeated, because the old book lists the same anecdotes under various headings/subjects.

BIRTHS AND BIRTHDAYS   ANECDOTES


One night in New York friends of Mark Twain, remembering it was author’s birthday, decided to send him a letter of congratulation. But no one knew in what corner of the globe he happened to be, so they addressed it,
“Mark Twain, Gods knows where.”
Several weeks later they received a note from Italy which contained two words.
“He did”
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Lincoln’s story

When Lincoln went to the Legislature in 1854 , after an absence of 12 years from the body, he got the indorsement of the Whigs and the Know nothings He rejected their support in the following manner
Who are the native Americans? Do they not wear the breech clout and carry the tomahawk? We pushed them from their homes, and turn upon others not fortunate enough to come over as early as we or our forefathers. Gentlemen, your party is wrong in principle.

Then he told this story,
I had an Irish man named Patrick cultivating my garden. One morning I went out to see how he was getting along.

“Mr Lincoln, what do yez think of these Know Nothings?
He asked
I explained what they were trying to do, and asked Pat Why he had not been born in America.
Faith,he replied, I wanted to but my mother wouldn’t let me.
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DELIVERY OF BOOKS AND BABIES
Voltaire writing to Frederic the Great,
Madame du Chatelet is not yet delivered; it gives her more trouble to produce a child than a book.
Frederic the Great replying to Voltaire,
Since Madame du Chatelet writes books, I do not think she will produce her child in a moment of distraction. Tell her to hurry, for I wish to see you.

Xxx


BABY IN SIX MONTHS!

A gentleman whose wife was delivered of a boy six months after marriage, asked a physician the reason for this.
“Make yourself easy”, said the later, “this often happens in the case of the first child, but never afterwards”.
Xxx

Adoption Anecdotes
There is the story of the Hollywood star who had a Mexican gardener. He once informed his employer that he had adopted a baby and would like to display him. He turned up forthwith with an unmistakably Jewish child.
How is it? The surprised actor asked , that you didn’t adopt a Mexican child?

Not me, Said Jose firmly, a Jewish child for me. Jewish children take care of their parents when they are old.

Xxxx SUBHAM XXX

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CHILDREN ARE SMARTER THAN ADULTS ANECDOTES (Post No.5519)

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Post No. 5519

 

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Babies Anecdotes

 
During gold rush days in California, a lady took her infant to the theater ones evening and it started crying just as the orchestra began to play
Stop those fiddle s and let the baby cry, called a man in the pit
I haven’t heard such a sound in ten years!
The audience applauded the sentiment widely, the orchestra was stopped, and the baby continued its performance amid unbounded enthusiasm .
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The six year old wandered into the room where the brand new baby was being nursed. Because of her interest in the process, the mother carefully explained how mother animals furnish milk for their babies, even the human species. The child was satisfied on all but one point.
But mother, she demanded, is it pasteurised?

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Burdened with the care of a new baby the young mother sent her little brother to the department store to get some things for the new arrival.

He managed to get everything without too much trouble. The last item on his list was diapers. He went to the counter where they were sold , stated his wishes and in the space of a few minutes the salesgirl returned with a bundle.
That will be sixty cents for the diapers and two cents for the tax.

Ah, never mind the tacks , said the youngster , Sis puts them on the baby with safety pins”

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Small Children Anecdotes

When he was in a nursery school, Woody, the young son of Heywood Broun, was constantly annoyed by grown up visitors to whom he had been pointed out, who kept coming up to him and asking him in saccharine tones
And whose little boy are you?

To one such inquirer, when his patience was exhausted, Woody peremptorily replied
You know damned well whose little boy I am!

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Themistocles had a son who was the darling of his mother
This little fellow , said Themistocles, is the sovereign of all Greece
How so? Asked a friend.
Why?, he governs his mother, his mother governs me, I governs Athenians, and the Athenians govern all Greece.
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Napoleon the Third was practising a Spartan method of education for the little five year old Louise Napoleon .

One day, in pursuance of his course, at Biarritz the child was given a swimming lesson by being tossed head first into the water. He was quite terrified and was severely reproached for this. He, a corporal, who could face a loaded canonical without wincing, and yet was afraid of the water!
Well, whimpered, little Louis,
I am in command of the cannon but I am not in command of the sea.

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Generally Byron suffered a moody and irritable childhood, between his cruel nurse whom he hated and feared, and his eccentric and tempestuous mother. In fourth year he bit a large piece out of a China saucer “ in a silent rage “ . Coming into the title at ten , he burst into tears when first called ‘dominus ‘ (LORD) at school.

 

XXX

The late, Sir Josiah Stamp, the economist was fond of a story about a parliamentary candidate who approached a house in his constituency and saw two small children of identical size and appearance standing hand in hand before the cottage door.
Jovially he asked them if they were twins.
No sir, they answered.
You are brothers, aren’t you? He inquired.
Yes,they said.
Well, how old are you?
We are both five..
Well,m y goodness, if you are both  five and brothers you must be twins.
Please,sir, one of them,
We are triplets . Billie is indoors.
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The little young lady of the house, by way of punishment for some misdemeanour, was compelled to eat her dinner alone at a corner of the dining room. The rest of the family paid no attention to her presence until they heard her audibly delivering Grace over her own repast, with the words,
I thank Thee Lord for preparing a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.

GRACE:

Following after the example of Jesus himself, Christians for centuries have maintained the tradition of saying “grace” or “thanks” before consuming a meal. It is a simple way of recognizing how God is the one who ultimately provides the food that we enjoy each and every day.

Xxx subham xxx

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TAMIL WISDOM- AVVAIYAR’S KONDRAI VENTHAN IN ENGLISH AND TAMIL – PART 3 (Post No.5518)

 

TAMIL WISDOM- AVVAIYAR’S KONDRAI VENTHAN IN ENGLISH AND TAMIL – PART 3 (Post No.5518)

 

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Post No. 5518

 

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PART 3
நகர வருக்கம் – APHORISMS BEGINNING WITH ‘NA’

48.FRIENDSHIP THAT NOT GOOD WILL LEAD TO TROUBLE
48. நல்லிணக்கம் அல்லல் படுத்தும்.

TIRUKKURAL 814

A FAITHLESS HORSE THROWS DOWN THE RIDER IN THE BATTLE FIELD. TO BE ALONE IS BETTER THAN TO HAVE SUCH FRIENDS.

TIRUKKURAL 816

THE HATRED OF WISE MEN IS A MILLION TIMES BETTER THAN THE INTIMACY OF SENSELESS FOOLS.

XXX

  1. IF THE WHOLE COUNTRY PROSPERS THERE IS NO INDIGENCE/POVERTY
    49. நாடெங்கும் வாழக் கேடொன்றும் இல்லை.

TIRUKKURAL 738

FIVE ARE THE ORNAMENTS OF A COUNTRY- BLOOMING HEALTH, WEALTH, RICH HARVEST, HAPPINESS, DEFENSIVE FORCES.

TIRUKKURAL 739

IT IS A LAND WHICH YIELDS RICH FOOD AND NEEDS NO FOREIGN AID. IT IS NO LAND WHICH NEEDS VERY HARD LABOUR.

XXX

50.TO LEARN TO PURPOSE IS NOT TO FAIL IN SPEECH
50. நிற்கக் கற்றல் சொல் திறம்பாமை.

TIRUKKURAL 299

ALL LAMPS ARE OF NO AVAIL. THE LIGHT OF TRUTH IS THE ONLY LAMP WHICH THE WISE CHERISH.

XXX

 

51.RESIDE IN PACE WHERE THERE IS PLENTY OF WATER
51. நீரகம் பொருந்திய ஊரகத்து இரு.

TIRUKKURAL 12

RAIN IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOOD FOOD AND IS ITSELF FOOD.

XXX

52.THOUGH YOUR WORK BE TRIFLING, CONSIDER BEFORE YOU BEGIN
52. நுண்ணிய கருமமும் எண்ணித் துணி.

TIRUKKURAL 468

ANY ENTERPRISE WITHOUT PROPER PLANS  WILL GO TO PIECES EVEN IF MANY BACK IT

TIRUKKURAL 467

VENTURE ON THE ACTION AFTER REFLECTION; TO SAY WE WILL REFLECT AFTER VENTURING IS DANGEROUS.

XXX

53.STUDY BOOKS ON MORALS AND WALK ACCORDINGLY
53. நூல்முறை தெரிந்து சீலத்து ஒழுகு.

TIRUKKURAL 391

STUDY WELL THOSE BOOKS WHICH ARE WORTH STUDYING; LET YOUR LIFE BE A NOBLE COMMENTARY ON IT

 

XXX

54.THERE IS NO FRAUD IN WHICH THE HEART IS NOT CONCERNED
54. நெஞ்சை ஒளித்து ஒரு வஞ்சகம் இல்லை.

THERE IS NO DECEIT UNKNOWN TO THE MIND

TIRUKKURAL 293

IF A MAN SHOULD UTTER A LIE CONSCIOUSLY , HIS OWN MIND WOULD TORTURE HIM FOR THE LIE HE UTTERED.

XXX

55.VOWS, IF NOT DULY PERFORMED, WILL BE OF NO USE.
55. நேரா நோன்பு சீராகாது.

TIRUKKURAL 267

THE HOTTER THE FIRE, THE PURER THE GOLD BECOMES. LIKEWISE THE HARDER THE AUSTERITY, THE MORE REFINED THE HUMAN SOUL BECOMES.

XXX

56.SPEAK NOT MEAN WORDS EVEN IN FRONT OF YOUR INFERIORS
56. நைபவர் எனினும் நொய்ய உரையேல்.

TIRUKKURAL 196

A LOVER OF PROFITLESS WORDS IS BUT CHAFF AMONG MEN.

TIRUKKURAL 193

USELESS WORDS ARE BUT THE FROTH OF AN EMPTY VESSEL

XXX

57.THE WEAK MAY BECOME STRONG
57. நொய்யவர் என்பவர் வெய்யவர் ஆவர்.

IF THERE IS A TIME FOR ELEPHANT, THERE IS A GOOF TIME FOR CAT AS WELL- TAMIL PROVERB

EVERY SAINT HAD A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE- ENGLISH PROVERB

TIRUKKURAL 495

IN DEEP WATER THE CROCODILE OVERPOWERS ALL; BUT OUT OF WATER OTHERS OVERPOWER IT

TIRUKKURAL 496

THE SEA SAILING SHIP CANNOT MOVE ON LAND. THE STRONG WHEELED HIGH CHARIOT CANNOT RUN ON WATER.

XXX

58.TO FAST IS TO ABSTAIN FROM ANIMAL FOOD
58. நோன்பு என்பதுவே (? என்பது) கொன்று தின்னாமை.

AVOID EATING FLESH BY KILLING.

TIRUKKURAL 253

THE MIND OF THOSE WHO FEED ON THE FLESH OF ANIMALS ,LIKE THE CRUEL MENTALITY OF THOSE WHO CARRY DEADLY WEAPONS IS DEVOID OF ALL COMPASSION.

TIRUKKURAL 260

ALL LIVING BEINGS WILL RAISE THEIR HANDS IN WORSHIP TO HIM WHO HAS NEVER TAKEN A LIVING BEING’S LIFE AND HAS ABSTAINED FROM EATING MEAT.

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பகர வருக்கம் – APHORISMS BEGINNING WITH ‘PA’

59.THE MERIT OF ONE IS KNOWN BY THE GROWTH OF HIS GRAIN

  1. பண்ணிய பயிரில் புண்ணியம் தெரியும்.

TIRUKKURAL 545

RAINS AND ARVESTS ARE RICH IN THE LAND RULED BY THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTRE OF AN ABLE LEADER.

 

XXX

60.THOUGH EAT WIT MILK, EAT AT THE PROPER TIME
60. பாலோடு ஆயினும் காலம் அறிந்து உண்.

TIRUKKURAL 943

DIGEST YOUR FOOD AND EAT WITH MODERATION. THAT IS THE WAY TO PROLONG LIFE

TIRUKKURAL 945

HE IS FREE FROM DISEASE WHO EATS WITH MODERATION WHAT IS AGREEABLE TO HIM.

TIRUKKURAL 947

NUMBERLESS DISEASES PREY ON A GLUTTON WHO EATS BEYOND MEASURE, IGNORANT OF THE LAWS OF HEALTH.

XXX

61.TO ABSTAIN FROM ADULTERY, IS WORTHY OF BEING CALLED VIRTUE
61. பிறன் மனை புகாமை அறம் எனத் தகும்.

TIRUKKURAL 146

THE MAN WHO COMMITS ADULTERY CAN NEVER ESCAPE ENMITY, SIN, FEAR AND INFAMY.

TIRUKKURAL 147

THE IDEAL HOUSE HOLDER IS HE WHO WILL NOT BE ATTRACTED BY THE FEMININE GRACE OF ANOTHER’S WIFE.

XXX

62.HE WHO WAS NOT IN HIS INFANCY IN WANT OF HIS MOTHER’S MILK CAN BEAR A HEAVY LOAD.
62. பீரம் பேணி பாரம் தாங்கும்.

PIIRAM HAS TOW MEANINGS-  BREAST MILK AND STRENGTH

ANOTHER INTERPRETATION IS- TAKE A LOAD TO SUIT YOUR STRENGTH.

TIRUKKURAL 475

THE AXLE OF AN OVER LOADED CART BREAKS BY ADDING EVEN A GENTLE PEACOCK’S FEATHER.

 

XXX

63.AVOID LYING, MURDER AND THEFT
63. புலையும் கொலையும் களவும் தவிர்.

THREE GATES OF HELL IN BHAGAVAD GITA 16-21

THE GATEWAY OF HELL IS THREE FOLD- LUST, ANGER AND GREED; THEREFORE ONE SHOULD ABANDON THEM

TIRUKKURAL 282

EVIL THOUGHT IS SINFUL. THEREFORE ONE SHOULD NOT EVEN THINK OF DEFRAUDING ANOTHER OF HIS POSSESSION

TIRUKKURAL 321

KILLING LEADS TO AL OTHER SINFUL ACTS. THEREFORE NON VIOLENCE IS THE HIGHEST VIRTUE

 

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64.LOW PEOPLE DO NOT POSSESS GOOD MANNERS
64. பூரியோர்க்கு இல்லை சீரிய ஒழுக்கம்.

TIRUKKURAL 831

WHAT IS THE THING CLLED FOLLY? IT IS TO CLING TO WHAT IS HARMFUL AND TO GIVE UP WHAT IS GOOD

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65.ASCETICS NEITHER REGARD THEIR FRIENDS NOR HATE THEIR ENEMIES
65. பெற்றோர்க்கு இல்லை சுற்றமும் சினமும்.

TIRUKKURAL 118

LIKE SCALES THAT ALWAYS REMAIN JUST AND FAIR,WISE MEN REMAIN IMPARTIAL AND DO NOT TAKE SIDES

BHAGAVAD GITA 5-18

SAGES SEEWITH AN EQUAL EYE, A LEARNED AND HUMBLE BRAHMIN, A COW, AN ELEPHANT, AND EVEN A DOG OR AN OUT CASTE.

 

XXX

 

66.SIMPLICITY IS AN ORNAMENT TO WOMEN
66. பேதைமை என்பது மாதர்க்கு அணிகலம்.

TIRUKKURAL 1013

WHERE DOES LIFE THROB BUT IN HER FLESHLY ABODE? WHERE DOES PERFECTION SHINE BUT IN MODESTY?

XXX

67.WALK GENTLY, THE WORLD WILL SUPPORT YOU.
67. பையச் சென்றால் வையம் தாங்கும்.

SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE

XXX

68.AVOILD ALL THAT IS CALLED EVIL
68. பொல்லாங்கு என்பவை எல்லாம் தவிர்.

TIRUKKURAL 319

THE HARM WE DO UNTO OTHERS WILL BRING,IN QUICK SUCCESSION, HARM UNTO OURSELVES.

 

XXX

69.FOOD THAT WHICH IS GAINED BY LABOUR
69. போனகம் என்பது தான் உழந்து உண்டல்.

FOOD IS THAT WHICH IS EATEN GLADLY

XXX  SUBHAM XXX

TO BE CONTINUED…………………………..

 

 

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Fools are Beasts without Tails- Bhartruhari and Valluvar agree! (Post No.5503)

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Date: 3 October 2018

 

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Post No. 5503

 

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Bhartruhari’s Niti Sataka 11,12,13,14

 

There are some stories to illustrate the points raised in Bhatruhari’s slokas/verses. I will give some stories from Tamil and Sanskrit books.

 

शक्यो वारयितुं जलेन हुतभुक्च्छत्रेण सूर्यातपो
नागेन्द्रो निशिताग्कुशेन समदो दण्डेन गोगर्दभौ ।
व्याधिर्भेषजसङ्ग्रहैश्च विविधैर्मन्त्रप्रयोगैर्विषं
सर्वस्यौषधम् अस्ति शास्त्रविहितं मूर्खस्य नस्त्यौषधिम् ॥ 1.11 ॥

 

11:Fire can be quenched by water

Heat of the sun can be kept off by an umbrella

A wild elephant can be guided by a sharp hook

An or an ass by stick

Sickness can be subdued by the help of doctors

Poison by the charms.

A cure has been ordained by the shastras/scriptures for everything

But there is no medicine for the cure of fools.

 

Kamban is a great Tamil poet who composed over 10,000 verses to sing the glory of Rama. He lived about 1000 years ago in Tamil Nadu. Now and the he had some quarrels with the Chola King.

 

Then he composed a verse saying ,

 

Look! your country is only 24 Katham (appr. a katham is 10 miles). Do you think that the rest of the earth is covered by sea? O Kolli Hill ruler! Haven’t I got any other place to go?

 

When Kamban’s son Ambikapathy was killed by the Chola king, In another verse he asks,

Is there a tree branch which wont entertain a monkey?

 

A learned person will be welcomed by all.

 

Nannan was a cruel and stupid king. Once a teenage girl picked a mango that was fallen on the ground in the royal garden. Immediately she was presented before the king and he passed  death sentence on her. The whole town came together in support of the girl and apologized to the king on her behalf. He was adamant. Then they promised him to give gold equal to the weight f the girl. but yet he insisted that she should be executed. All the Tamil poets cursed him that his generation wont be sung by any Tamil poet. This happened 2000 years ago.

 

The greatest of the Indian poets, Kalidasa also had quarrels and arguments with his contemporary, king Bhoja. when he migrated to other countries Bhoja begged him to return. he had to use various tricks o bring him back.

साहित्यसङ्गीतकलाविहीनः
साक्षात्पशुः पुच्छविषाणहीनः ।
तृणं न खादन्नपि जीवमानस्
तद्भागधेयं परमं पशूनाम् ॥ 1.12 ॥

 

12, The man who has no sense of literature and music is like a beast, though he has not got horns and a tail; he may not eat grass, but yet he lives a life exactly like that of the cattle.

 

(The Mogul emperor Aurangzeb was a man who never liked music or literature; quite opposite to Akbar)

 

येषां न विद्या न तपो न दानं
ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणो न धर्मः ।
ते मर्त्यलोके भुवि भारभूता
मनुष्यरूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ॥ 1.13 ॥

 

13.Those in whom is neither wisdom nor penance, nor liberality nor  knowledge, nor good disposition, nor virtue, nor righteousness may live in the world of mortals in the form of men, but pass through the world like beasts encumbering the earth.

वरं पर्वतदुर्गेषु
भ्रान्तं वनचरैः सह
न मूर्खजनसम्पर्कः
सुरेन्द्रभवनेष्वपि ॥ 1.14 ॥

 

14 it is better to wander in a mountain pass with the wild beasts than to live in the palace of the gods with a fool.

 

(There is a Tamil Verse: better live in forest infested with tigers than to live under a tyrant king)

 

शास्त्रोपस्कृतशब्दसुन्दरगिरः शिष्यप्रदेयागमा
विख्याताः कवयो वसन्ति विषये यस्य प्रभोर्निर्धनाः ।
तज्जाड्यं वसुधादिपस्य कवयस्त्वर्थं विनापीश्वराः
कुत्स्याः स्युः कुपरीक्षका हि मणयो यैरर्घतः पातिताः ॥ 1.15 ॥

 

If the learned and reputed poets, whose literary creations are worth learning and emulating by their disciples, are poor and wealthless in a kingdom, then the king himself must be stupid and insensitive! The wise and the learned are already great and famous even without any wealth. If an incompetent jeweller underestimates the value of a gem, then it is his fault and not of the gem.

Tamil poet Valluvar in the Tamil Veda Tirukkural says

Beasts are lower than men in the scale of creation; even so are fools before those who have delved deep in the mines of knowledge – Kural 410

 

Valluvar and Bhartruhari agree that ignorant people are like beasts.

 

In another couplet he says,

 

A deluded fool is shameless, aimless in life, unfeeling, languid. He does not safeguard anything- Kural 833

 

He also said,

In one brief birth a fool can gain

Enough hell for seven births of pain- Kural 835

 

–subham– 

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My Great grandfather was a Baboon! Dumas outburst! (Post No.5497)

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Post No. 5497

 

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Family and Children Anecdotes 

 
The elder Dumas (Alexander Dumas) was once interviewed by an enterprising reporter, who, like many other admirers of the novelist, was curious about his ancestry.
Is it true that you are a quadroon Mr Dumas? He asked.

I am, sir, Mr Dumas replied .
So your father….?
Was a mulatto
And your grandfather?
Was a negro.
Dumas patience was running out but the reporter was a bold man and continued,
May I inquire who your great grandfather was?
A baboon, sir! Thundered Dumas .
A baboon! My ancestry begins where your ends!

quad·roon

/kwäˈdro͞on/

noun

  • a person who is one-quarter black by descent.

 

mu·lat·to

/m(y)o͝oˈlädō/

noun

  • a person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.

Ne·gro

/ˈnēɡrō/

noun

  • a member of a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native to Africa south of the Sahara.

adjective

  • relating to black people.

ba·boon

/baˈbo͞on/

noun

  • a large Old World ground-dwelling monkey with a long doglike snout, large teeth, and naked callosities on the buttocks. Baboons are social animals and live in troops.

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Marrk Twain’s Ancestors

The story is told that Mark Twain was once a guest of an English man who took him, with some pride, into a manorial hall hung with a huge tapestry depicting the King Charles the First. The host placed his fingers with great pride upon the figure of one of the obscure clerks of the court and said ‘ An ancestor of mine ‘.
Twain, always offended by such ostentation, casually put his finger upon one of the judges seated on the tribunal and remarked,
An ancestor of mine but it is no matter , I have others.

Xxx

May Flower Ship

To a man who had proudly said,
My ancestors came over in the Mayflower, Will Rogers retorted,
My ancestors were waiting on the beach

Xxx

Mark Twain, whenever confronted by people who were haughty about their ancestry, was fond of saying,
My grand father was cut down in the prime of his life. My grandmother always used to say that if he had been cut down fifteen minutes earlier, he could have been resuscitated.

Xxxx

Two Irishmen

Children Anecdotes
Two Irish men were discussing their families. One was boasting about his seven sons, that he had never had any trouble with any of them.

“Yes, indade, he said, they’re just the finest boys in the world. An’ would you believe it, I niivver laid violent hand s on any one of them except in self defence”.

Xxx

 

Boiled eggs please!

Babies Anecdotes

Mrs K, after expressing her love for her children added tenderly,
And how do you like babies, Mr Lamb?
His answer, immediate, almost precipitate, was
B- b- boiled, Madame

Xxx

Great man Walt Whitman
When a baby in a crowded Washington horse car was screaming, Walt Whitman took it from its mother, into his own arms; the infant stared at him a long time, then snuggled against him and fell asleep. Presently the conductor got off the car to get his supper, and Whitman acted as conductor the rest of the trip, still holding the sleeping baby.

Xxx

Snoring Actress!

Eleanore Duse, the great actress, once offered to look after the year old baby of some friends while the family went for a walk.

What will you do if she cries? They asked.

Do? I will sing to her, said the resourceful Duse
I have lots of tricks to entertain babies .
When the parents returned, they found the baby sitting quietly in her carriage, her eyes fixed with a hypnotic stare upon the sofa. There lay the great actress, her head drooping, her mouth open, her eyes shut. She was snoring — regularly , sonorously snoring.

Slowly she opened her eyes
Sh! She said. If I stop for a second, she will cry .
Then she explained,
I sang for her; I danced for her; I made faces at her; I acted the whole of Paolo and Francesca, to her and she hated it all. But the snoring— from the first faint sign — she loved it.

 

xxx

Cross Breed is dangerous! Bernard Shaw

I posted 15 anecdotes from the life of Bernard Shaw. Following children anecdote was one of them:-

 

1.Children

 

There is a legend about the fervent message Bernard Shaw received from Isadora Duncan expressing the opinion that by every eugenics principle they should have a child.

“Think what a child it would be”, she said, “with my body and your brain.”

Shaw sent the following response, discouraging the preposition, “Think how unfortunate it would be if the child were to have my body and your brain.”

Xxx subham xxxx

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SILENCE IS THE ORNAMENT OF FOOLS- BHARTRUHARI AND VALLUVAR (Post No.5488)

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Post No. 5488

 

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Bhartruhari’s Niti Sataka 7,8,9 & 10 and Tirukkural

 

Tamil poet Tiruvalluvar in Tamil Veda Tirukkural says,

 

Even a man of no learning (fool) may be considered wise

If he holds his tongue in gatherings of learned- Kural 403

 

The Bible says,

A fool’s mouth is his own destruction- Proverbs 18-7

Even a fool, when he holdeth his piece, is counted wise- Proverbs 17-28

 

Sanskrit poet Bhartruhari says in Niti Sataka,

Brahma gave the boon of silence to fools;
This silence is a lid over one’s ignorance;
In the midst of learned people this silence
Become s an ornament for the fools 1-7

स्वायत्तम् एकान्तगुणं विधात्रा
विनिर्मितं छादनम् अज्ञतायाः ।
विशेषा‌अतः सर्वविदां समाजे
विभूषणं मौनम् अपण्डितानाम् ॥ 1.7 ॥

Parallel verses in Tirukkural

Be modest, restrained; do not argue before learned elders.
This modestly excels all other virtues.
Kural 715

To utter blundering nonsense before the learned wise like is like a fall from the height of virtue -Kural 716

 

XXX

Mad Elephant

When I knew only a little, I was arrogant like an elephant;
At that time, I thought I knew everything;
When I gradually learnt something from the wise
I realised I was a fool.
And my false pride melted away like a fever. 1-8
यदा किञ्चिज्ज्ञो‌உहं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवं
तदा सर्वज्ञो‌உस्मीत्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मनः
यदा किञ्चित्किञ्चिद्बुधजनसकाशादवगतं
तदा मूर्खो‌உस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः ॥ 1.8 ॥
Tirukkural says
As one’s ignorance is discovered the more one learns, so does repeated intercourse with a well adorned female- Kural 1110

What is folly? It is the delusion which makes men say, we have wisdom -Kural 844

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Ignorant Dog

A dog licks a dry, dirty and stinking bone with its own saliva 
Full of germs without any flesh, but he imagines that he is deriving a good taste. This dog will not care even if Indra standing near him
Similarly a mean- minded person follows his pursuits shamelessly 1-9

कृमिकुलचित्तं लालाक्लिन्नं विगन्धिजुगुप्सितं
निरुपमरसं प्रीत्या खादन्नरास्थि निरामिषम् ।
सुरपतिम् अपि श्वा पार्श्वस्थं विलोक्य न शङ्कते
न हि गणयति क्षुद्रो जन्तुः परिग्रहफल्गुताम् ॥ 1.9 ॥

 

 
The pretensions of a fool to the learning that he does not possess begets doubts even about the false less learning that he does possess 
Kural 845

Petty minded fools cover their nakedness with a cloth; but they do not cover their glaring faults.
Kural 846

XXX

 

The River Ganga falls from the heavens on the head of Lord Shiva 
And then falls on the mountains and then on the earth.
Therefore Ganga goes further down to get immersed in the sea.


By thus descending, Ganga goes further and further downwards until she gets lost in the sea.Similarly any person who lose s his power of discretion has a continuous downfall in a hundred ways 1-10

 

शिरः शार्वं स्वर्गात्पशुपतिशिरस्तः क्षितिधरं
म्हीध्रादुत्तुङ्गादवनिम् अवनेश्चापि जलधिम् ।
अधो‌உधो गङ्गेयं पदम् उपगता स्तोकम्
अथवाविवेकभ्रष्टानां भवति विनिपातः शतमुखः ॥ 1.10 ॥

 

Tiruvalluvar in Tamil Veda Tirukkural says,

It is the hall-mark of wisdom to concentrate on the wise and the good

Instead of letting the mind wander aimlessly everywhere – Kural 422

 

Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says,

Like a lamp, in a spot sheltered from the wind, does not flicker, this mind that is restrained by concentration on the good, is steadfast (BG 6-18)

 

XXX subham xxx

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TAMIL POETESS AVVAIYAR’S 108 APHORISMS (Post No.5476)

OCTOBER 2018 GOOD THOUGHTS CALENDAR (Post No.5476)

 
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TAMIL POETESS AVVAIYAR’S 108 APHORISMS (Post No.5476)

FESTIVALS -2 GANDHI JAYANTHI’; 8- MAHALAYA AMAVASAI; 9 NAVARATRI BEGINS’ ; 18 SARASVATI PUJA; 19 VIJAYA DASAMI (Durga Puja)

 

NEW MOON DAY- OCT.8; FULL MOON DAY- 24

FASTING DAYS/EKADASI- 5, 20; AUSPICIOUS DAYS- 19, 28, 31

PRAYER

LET US WORSHIP AND PRAISE CONTINUALLY THE GOD WHO IS DEAR TO THAT BEING WHO WEARS A GARLAND MADE UP OF THE FLOWERS OF THE ATTI TREE (GANESA IS INVOKED)

 

LET US WORSHIP AND PRAISE CONSTANTLY THE GOD WHO SITS IN STATE WEARING A GARLAND MADE UP OF THE FLOWERS OF THE ATTI TREE (LORD SIVA IS INVOKED)

 

OCTOBER 1 MONDAY

1.DESIRE TO DO VIRTUE / DESIRE TO DO CHARITY

2.ANGER SHOULD BE SUBDUED

3.DO NOT CONCEAL YOUR MEANS/ DO NOT REFUSE HELP WHERE IT IS PRACTICABLE

 

OCTOBER 2 TUESDAY

4.DO NOT PREVENT GIVING ALMS

5.DO NOT BOAST OF YOUR POSSESSIONS/ DO NOT SPEAK IN PRAISE OF YOUR GREATNESS

6.DO NOT LOSE YOUR COURAGE/ CEASE NOT TO PERSEVERE

OCTOBER 3 WEDNESDAY

7.DO NOT DESPISE NUMBERS AND LETTERS/ DO NOT NEGLECT THE STUDY OF ARITHMETIC AND GRAMMAR

8.BEGGING IS DISGRACEFUL

9.GIVE ALMS AND THEN EAT

 

OCTOBER 4 THURSDAY

10.CONDUCT YOURSELF CONSISTENTLY/ FOLLOW ESTABLISHED CUSTOMS

11.CEASE NOT TO LEARN/ DO NOT NEGLECT THE STUDY OF THE VEDAS

12.DO NOT SPEAK ENVIOUSLY

 

OCTOBER 5 FRIDAY

13.DO NOT RAISE THE PRICE OF GRAIN/ DO NOT ALLOW YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO DIMINISH/ DO NOT ALLOW YOUR RELATIVES TO DIMINISH

 

14.DO NOT SAY ONE THING AFTER SEEING ANOTHER/ DO NOT SAY ONE THING TO A MAN’S FACE AND ANOTHER BEHIND HIS BACK

 

15.BE UNITED TO YOUR RELATIVES LIKE THE LETTER OR BEND LIKE ‘NGA’ ங

THERE ARE FOUR DIFFERENT READINGS FOR THIS SAYING.

LIKE THE SHAPE OF THE LETTER ’ ங ‘ SURROUND AND PROTECT YOUR RELATIVES.

DRAW UP YOUR FORCES ENCOMPASSING THE ENEMY IN THE FORM OF LETTER ‘ ங ‘

 

STAND LIKE THE LETTER ‘ங ‘ AND FIGHT I.E. AS THE CONSONANT ‘ங ‘ TAKES AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION IN WORDS TAKE A STAND BETWEEN THE VAN AND REAR OF YOUR ARMY AND FIGHT.

BUILD THE ENTRANCE OF THE FORT IN WINDINGS LIKE THE LETTER ‘ ங ‘

 

OCTOBER 6 SATURDAY

16.BATHE ON SATURDAY (WITH OIL)’ BATHE THE BODY IN SPRING WATER, FIRST BATHING THE DEFILED MIND IN TRUTH.

17.SPEAK SO AS TO GIVE PLEASURE

18.DO NOT BUILD TOO LARGE A HOUSE

19.BE FRIENDLY ON EXPERIENCING FRIENDSHIP

OCTOBER 7 SUNDAY

20.PROTECT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER

21.FORGET NOT A BENEFIT

22.SOW IN DUE SEASON

23.DO NOT LIVE BY LAND WRESTED FROM YOUR NEIGHBOUR/ DO NOT GAIN A LIVELIHOOD BY MEANS OF BRIBES TAKEN IN A COURT OF JUSTICE

 

OCTOBER 8 MONDAY

24.DO NO IMPROPER ACTION/ DO NOT WANDER ABOUT DELUDED BY THE SENSES

25.DO NOT PLAY WITH A SNAKE DO NOT SPEAK VAINLY

26.SLEEP ON A MATTRESS OF SILK COTTON

27.DO NOT SPEAK DECEITFULLY

 

OCTOBER 9 TUESDAY

28.DO NO DISGRACEFUL ACTION

29.LEARN FROM CHILDHOOD

30.FORGET NOT YOUR DUTY (CHARITABLE ACTIONS ARE INTENDED)

31.DO NOT SLEEP TOO LONG

OCTOBER 10 WEDNESDAY

32.AVOID UNKIND WORDS

33.FASTING MUST BE OBSERVED

34.LIVE ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF PROPRIETY

35.AVOID BASE ACTIONS

 

OCTOBER 11 THURSDAY

36.CEASE NOT TO SHOW GOOD DISPOSITIONS

37.DO NOT SEPARATE FROM YOUR FRIENDS

38.AVOID DOING INJURY

39.BE DILIGENT IN STUDY

 

OCTOBER 12 FRIDAY

40.DO NOT CONCEAL YOUR PROFESSION

41.DO NOT DESIRE TO PLUNDER

42.ABANDON SINFUL AMUSEMENTS

43.STAND IN THE PATH OF JUSTICE

 

OCTOBER 13 SATURDAY

44.ASSOCIATE WITH THE WISE/ ASSOCIATE WITH THE GREAT SO AS TO BE PROTECTED FROM YOUR ENEMIES

45.DO NOT SPEAK HYPOCRITICALLY

46.FORGET NOT THAT WHICH IS EXCELLENT

47.SPEAK NOT IN A PROVOKING MATTER

 

OCTOBER 14 SUNDAY

48.DO NOT LOVE GAMBLING

49.WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL

50.HAVING FOUND A FIT PLACE, GO TO IT/ DISCRIMINATE IN YOUR CHOISE OF PLACES

51.DO NOT BEHAVE SO THAT PEOPLE MAY SAY FIE

 

OCTOBER 15 MONDAY

52.DO NOT SPEAK SO AS TO BE FOUND FAULT WITH/ DO NOT SPEAK INDISTINCTLY

53.DO NOT WANDER ABOUT IN IDLENESS

54.ACT SO AS TO BE CALLED A WORTHY PERSON

55.DESIRE TO BESTOW GIFTS

 

OCTOBER 16 TUESDAY

56.SERVE VISHNU

57.PUT AWAY SINFUL ACTIONS

58.DO NOT GIVE WAY TO TROUBLE

59.FIRST CONSIDER, THEN ACT

 

OCTOBER 17 WEDNESDAY

60.DO NOT BLASPHEME GOD.

61.LIVE AS YOUR COUNTRYMEN DO

62.DO NOT LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF WOMEN

63.FORGET NOT OLD FRIENDS/ DO NOT FORGET ANCIENT

 

OCTOBER 18 THURSDAY

64.DO NOT PURSUE HAZARDUOUS UNDERTAKINGS/ DO NOT BEGIN TO DO THOSE THINGS IN WHICH YOU WILL FAIL

65.HOLD TO THE LAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD

66.DO AS YOUR COUNTRYMEN APPROVE

67.DO NOT QUIT YOUR STATION/ KEEP UP YOUR RANK

 

OCTOBER 19 FRIDAY

68.DO NOT PLAY IN WATER

69.DO NOT EAT DAINTIES/BR NOT NICE IN FOOD

70.STUDY MANY BOOKS

71.CULTIVATE RICE

OCTOBER 20 SATURDAY

72.WALK UPRIGHTLY

73.DO NOT GO NEAR WHAT IS DANGEROUS/ DO NOT FOLLOW WHAT IS DESTRUCTIVE

74.DO NOT SPEAK MEAN WORDS

75.DO NOT GIVE OCCASION TO DISEASE

 

OCTOBER 21 SUNDAY

76.SPEAK NOT INSULTINGLY

77.DO NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH A PERSON DANGEROUS AS A SNAKE/ DO NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH A SNAKE

78.DO NOT SPEAK WRONGLY

  1. STRIVE TO OBTAINN GREATNESS

 

OCTOBER 22 MONDAY

80.LIVE SO AS TO PROTECT THOSE WHO PRAISE YOU/ LIVE SO AS TO GET A GREAT NAME

81.TILL THE GROUND AND EAT/ DESIRE LAND

82.LOOK TO THE GREAT FOR HELP

83.PUT AWAY IGNORANCE

 

OCTOBER 23 TUESDAY

84.DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH CHILDREN

85.TAKE CARE OF YOR PROPERTY AND LIVE

86.SHUN WHAT TENDS TO STRIFE

87.DO NOT BE TROUBLED IN MIND

 

OCTOBER 24 WEDNESDAY

88.DO NOT GIVE PLACE TO YOUR ADVERSARY

89.DO NOT SPEAK TOO MUCH

90.BE NOT GLUTTONOUS

91.DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF THE BATTLE

 

OCTOBER 25 THURSDAY

92.DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE OBSTINATE/ DO NOT FRET AND RUN AWAY WHEN PUNISHED BY YOUR TEACHER

87.DO NOT BE TROUBLED IN MIND

88.DO NOT GIVE PLACE TO YOUR ADVERSARY

89.DO NOT SPEAK TOO MUCH/ SPEAK NOT SO AS TO BE BLAMED

OCTOBER 26 FRIDAY

90.BE NOT GLUTTONOUS/ DO NOT WISH TOEAT TOO MUCH

91.DO NOT STAND IN THE FRONT OF THE BATTLE

92.DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE OBSTINATE

93.LIVE WITH YOUR WIFE/ BE JOINED TO WIFE’S SHOULDERS

 

OCTOBER 27 SATURDAY

94.LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THE WISE

95.SHUN THE HOUSE OF A HARLOT/

AVOID THE HOUSE OF THOSE WHO BLACKEN LOWER EYELIDS

 

OCTOBER 28 SUNDAY

96.WHAY YOU SAY, SAY RIGHTLY

97.PUT AWAY LUST

98.DO NOT BOAST OF YOUR ABILITY/SPEAK NOT HARSH WORDS

99.DO NOT SPEAK FIRST IN A DISPUTE

 

OCTOBER 29 MONDAY

100.DESIRE KNOWLEDGE

101.STRIVE TO OBTAIN HEAVEN

102.LIVE AS A GOOD MAN

OCTOBER 30 TUESDAY

103.LIVE IN HARMONY WITH YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS

104.DO NOT SPEAK SHARPLY

105.DO NOT EVIL THROUGH DESIRE

106.RISE FROM SLLEP AT DAY BREAK

 

OCTOBER 31 WEDNESDAY

107.DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH ENEMIES

108.DO NOT SPEAK WITH PARTIALITY

 

–SUBHAM-

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I LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU PASSIONATELY! (Post.5475)

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Infidelity Anecdotes

 

 


Pauline Bonaparte was in love with Freron, a commissioner of the Convention. She wrote him,
I love you always and most passionately. I love you forever, my beautiful idol, my heart, my appealing lover. I love you, love you, love you, the most loved of lovers, and I swear never to love any one else!

Soon after she fell in love with Junot who became a Field marshal.

 

WHO IS PAULINE BONAPARTE?

French politician (WIKIPEDIA)

Pauline Bonaparte was an Italian noblewoman, the first sovereign Duchess of Guastalla in Italy, an imperial French Princess and the Princess consort of Sulmona and Rossano. wikipedia.org

Xxxx

TWO WOMEN MEET!
Charles Coghlan, the actor, known not only for his great wit and resourcefulness, but also for his fondness for the ladies. One day his wife left him to go on a week end trip. She had scarcely left the house when Coghlan contacted a very charming young lady, inviting her to come to his home for dinner.

Mrs Coghlan forgetting of something of importance, returned home just in time to see her husband help the girl from a cab. No whit dismay ed, Coghlan blandly introduced the two women.
My dear, said he, turning to his wife, allow me to present Miss Johnson.
Miss Johnson, Mrs Coghlan.

The two ladies glared speechlessly at each other, while Coghlan said,

“I know you two ladies have ever so many things you want to say to each other, so I will ask to be excused”.
Where upon he lifted his hat, stepped into the cab and was driven away.

Xxx

 

SHELLEY’S WOMEN
When Shelley was undoubtedly carrying on an affair with Jane Williams, he got his obsession of death by water mixed up with his search for the absolute in terms of women . He took Jane rowing far out to sea. Suddenly he went into a trance, then leapt forward and cried,
Now let’s solve the great mystery together.
Jane who was a brilliant woman and one of the most congenial of his “sisters “, had to exercise the greatest tact to keep him from upsetting the boat, and he did upset it after they were in shallow water.
Xxxx

P. B Shelley, in a letter to his wife, telling her he had eloped with Mary Godwin, and asking her to join them,
‘Please bring my flute’.

 

XXX

 

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY PROFILE

SHELLEY, English Poet, Novelist and Essayist

Born August 4, 1792

Died July 8, 1822

Age at death 29

P B Shelley was one of England’s greatest Romantic poets. He was born into a wealthy noble family. He was educated at Eton college, where his radical views on politics and religion earned him a nick name ‘Mad Shelley’. While still at Eton and aged just 18, he published his first book, a gothic horror novel called Zastrozzi. In 1811 he was expelled from Oxford University for writing an anti-Christian pamphlet.

 

The same year 19 year old Shelley shocked his family even more by secretly marrying 16 year old Harriet Westbrook. This was the start of Shelly’s adventurous life of elopements and restless travels. Three year later Shelley eloped with Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who became Mary Shelley and who wrote the famous novel Frankenstein. Harriet killed herself in 1816, and Shelley married his new love. Mary and Shelley moved around constantly; they travelled around Europe and lived in many different towns in England. Shelley wrote his poetry in short bursts of intense creativity. His poems such as Alastor and Ozymandias, overflow with intense emotion and radical ideas that were not always appreciated by readers of his time.

 

In 1818 Shelley and Mary left England to live in Italy. He completed some of his greatest poetry there, including his masterpiece Prometheus Unbound. A few years later, on a short sea voyage along the Italian coast, Shelly’s small sail boat was caught in a storm and he was drowned. He was just 29 years old, but he had written poetry hat established him as one of the greatest English poets.

 

Publications

1810 Zastrozzi

1813 Queen Mab

1816 Alastor

1818 The Revolt of Islam

1818 Ozymandias

1819 The Cenci

1820 Prometheus Unbound

1821 Adonais

Published after he died

1824 The Triumph of Life

 

Shelley was Tamil Poet Bharatiyar’s favourite poet.

 

xxx subham xxx

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I want to hang fifty People! (Post No.5470)

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Dr Samuel Johnson, when paying court to Mrs Porter confessed that his family was not without stain, as he had had an uncle who had been hanged.
Mrs Porter with a woman’s tact, set the good doctor’s mind at rest by assuring him that, although this was not the case with her, she had in her family at least fifty who deserved hanging.

pay court to = Pay flattering attention to someone in order to win favour.
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Talleyrand
When Madame de Stael published her celebrated novel Delphine, she was supposed to painted herself in the person of the heroine, and Talleyrand in that of an elderly lady, who is one of the principal characters.
They tell me, said he, the first time she met her,
That we are both of us in your novel, in the disguise of women.

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, then 1st Prince of Talleyrand, was a laicized French bishop, politician, and diplomat. (from Wikipedia)

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Engagement Anecdotes

When George IV of England went to meet his future bride, Princess Caroline of Brunswick, he kissed her hand gallantly, and then, suddenly recoiling, he whispered to one of his friends,
For God’s sake , George, give me a glass of brandy.

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What Brahms said,
In breaking his engagement to Agathe von Siebold, Brahms wrote to her,
I could not love thee, dear, so much if I did not love my freedom more.

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Flirtation Anecdotes

 

Get that Villain! (I want to shoot him)


Near eighty, Aaron Burr, after he was married to Madame Jumel, engaged in flirting with country girls near the Jumel mansion.

One day the postmaster at what was then the village of Harlem was surprised to see Mrs Burr drive up before the post office in an open carriage. He found her in a violent temper and an enormous horse pistol on each cushion at her side.

What do you wish, Madam? he said.

What do I wish? she cried,
Let me get at that villain Aaron Burr.

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Talleyrand once said,
Mme. de Genlis, in order to avoid the scandal of coquetry, always yielded easily.

Xxxx Subham xxx

 

 

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