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"Padova la forte."
"Padua the strong."
"LUCENTIO: Tranio, since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua, nursery of arts, I am arriv’d for fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy, [...] Tell me thy mind; for I have Pisa left And am to Padua come as he that leaves A shallow plash to plunge him in the deep, And with satiety seeks to quench his thirst."
"Beati quei che ga so pare a l inferno."
"Beato quelo che impara a spese dei altri."
"Bisogna saver far per saver comandar."
"Chi comincia mal, finisse pezo."
"Chi roba el poco roba anca l assae,'"
"Chi xe san, xe più del sultan."
"Dal bo davanti; dal mulo dadrio, e da la dona da tute le bande."
"El pero casca poco lontan de l'arboro."
"El più tristo sordo xe quel che non vol intender."
"El se e'l ma xe l ' intrada dei mincioni."
"Far de nezessità virtù."
"A cosa fata no val consegio."
"La bona mare de la madregna, di siː ti vol?"
"La note xe la mare d ' i pensieri."
"La salute no savemo cossa che la val, altro che quando l'avemo persa."
"Megio soli che mal compagnadi."
"No bisogna spuár nel piato che se ga de magnar."
"No se pol cavar sangue dal muro."
"Ogni scherzo curto xe belo, A longo andar el pol stufar."
"Prima de vender la pele bisogna copar l'orso."
"Quel che se desidera no se stenta a creder."
"Saco sbuso no tien megio, Povar' omo no va a consegio: Se'l parla ben nol, vien inteso Se'l parla mal, el vien ripreso."
"Semo tuti fidi de Adamo."
"L ' aseno xe sempre aseno, anca co una bela gualdrapa."
"Al busiaro no se ghe crede gnanca co l dise la verità."
"Amor novo va e vien, amor veccio se mantien."
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.