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"But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake."
"In a false quarrel there is no true valour."
"Thou! why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more, or a hair less, in his beard than thou hast: thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes."
"Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat."
"I won't quarrel with my bread and butter."
"All quarrels halt at the grave."
"Those who in quarrels interpose, Must often wipe a bloody nose."
"L'aimable siècle où l'homme dit à l'homme, Soyons frères, ou je t'assomme."
"Cadit statim simultas, ab altera parte deserta; nisi pariter, non pugnant."
"The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands; we should only spoil it by trying to explain it."
"O we fell out, I know not why, And kiss'd again with tears."
"Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels."
"Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too."
"But children you should never let Such angry passions rise, Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes."
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.