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"Wer zuviel zweifelt, der verzweifelt."
"Wer sich des Fragens schämt, der schämt sich des Lernens."
"Wer ausgelernt sein will, der muss im Grabe liegen."
"62. Anacharsis sagte: Die Gesetze sind gleich den Spinnweben/ darinnen die kleinen Fliegen hencken bleiben / die großen aber hindurch rissen und darvon flögen."
"48. Die Gesetze sind den Spinnweben gleich / da die kleinen Fliegen und Mücken innen bleiben hencken / die Wespen aber und Hornissen hindurch tringen: Also auch henckt man die kleinen Dieb/ die großen aber läßt man laufen/ [...]"
"Es spielen sich eher zehne arm als einer reich."
"Es sind viele Esel, die nicht Säcke tragen."
"Eine schöne Jungfrau trägt ihr Heiratsgut im Angesicht."
"Ein Amt ohne guten Sold macht Diebe."
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.