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"Perennial: Any plant which, had it lived, would have bloomed year after year."
"Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes! If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!"
"Si hoc adfixum in obice legere potes, et liberaliter educatus et nimis popinquus ades. If you can read this bumper sticker, you are both very well educated and much too close."
"Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere. If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
"Anates tuas in acie instrue. Get your ducks in a row."
"Lege atque lacrima. Read-em and weep."
"Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare. I think some people in togas are plotting against me."
"Canis meus id comedit. My dog ate it."
"Nullae satisfactionis potiri non possum. I can't get no satisfaction."
"Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant! May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!"
"Quantum illae stolae pependisti? You paid how much for that dress?"
"Having done these things, they made the sacrifices prescribed by custom lest they be found lacking in filial piety."
"Podex perfectus es. Claim it means: You did a terrific job. What it really means: You are a total asshole."
"Stercorem pro cerebro habes. Claim it means: That's certainly food for thought. What it really means: You have shit for brains."
"Futue te ipsum et caballum tuum. Claim it means: I've really got to take my hat off to you. What it really means: Fuck you and the horse you rode in on."
"Taedium pellucidorum. An eye condition that keeps you from looking at people's slides."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.