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"Politicians in Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Serbia were equally out of tune with the liberal ethos of the EU. In a 2018 poll, just twenty-one per cent of Slovaks said they ‘belonged’ to the west. Most were reluctant to enforce tighter western sanctions on Russia and were fiercely anti-immigrant. The old ideological fault-line between east and west was re-emerging, while a gulf was also widening between rich north and poor south."
"Aký otec, taký syn."
"Ani strom naraz nezotnú."
"Čím viac tým lepšie."
"Darovanému koňovi na zuby nepozeraj."
"Dobrý počiatok - polovica práce."
"Dvakrát meraj a raz rež."
"I z čítaného vlk berie."
"Jablko nepadá ďaleko od stromu."
"Jedna lastovička leto nerobí."
"Každý si je strojcom svojho šťastia."
"Kde sa nič nezaseje, tam sa nič nenaveje."
"Krátka správa lepšia ako dlhá pravda."
"Kto chce jadro, musí orech prehryznúť."
"Bez práce nie sú koláče."
"Kto sa hanbí, má prázdne gamby."
"Kto druhému jamu kope, sám do nej spadne."
"Kto nepracuje, nech neje."
"Kto šetrí, má za tri."
"Kuj železo za horúca."
"Lakomec je rovný svini, len po smrti činí."
"Láska prechádza žalúdkom."
"Lepšie neskoro ako nikdy."
"Lepší vrabec v hrsti ako holub na streche."
"Lož má krátke nohy."
"Mrcha vták, čo do vlastného hniezda nečistí."
"Nepľuj do pohára, z ktorého si pil."
"Nesúď knihu podľa jej obalu."
"Nešťastie v hre, šťastie v láske."
"Pes, ktorý šteká, nehryzie."
"Po boji je každý generál."
"Po každej búrke príde slnko."
"Pomaly ďalej zájdeš."
"Prázdny sud najviac duní."
"Priateľa si drž blízko, nepriateľa ešte bližšie."
"Prísť k niečomu, ako slepá kura k zrnu."
"Pýcha predchádza pád."
"Ráno múdrejšie večera."
"Rybu treba chytiť za hlavu, nie za chvost."
"Starý a nemá rozum!"
"Šaty robia človeka."
"Šťastie praje pripraveným."
"Tichá voda brehy myje."
"Trpezlivosť ruže prináša."
"Veľké ryby žerú malé."
"Viac hláv, viac rozumu."
"V núdzi poznáš priateľa."
"Vo víne pravda prebýva."
"Aká matka, taká Katka."
"Všade dobre, doma najlepšie."
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.