1030568 quotes found
"Far from eye, far from heart. (14th century)"
"Fashion: a despot whom the wise ridicule and obey. (Ambrose Bierce)"
"The fat is in the fire."
"There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip."
"Better is the enemy of good."
"Better late than never."
"Better underdone than overdone."
"There's more than one way to skin a cat."
"The guilty dog barks the loudest."
"Eat your own dog food."
"The door swings both ways."
"Forewarned, forearmed."
"Forgive and forget."
"To err is human, to forgive divine. (Alexander Pope)"
"God's a good man. (William Shakespeare)"
"The more you stroke the cat's tail, the more he raises his back. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1184)"
"The customer is always right."
"Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death; Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the Devil."
"Two wrongs don't make a right."
"A good beginning makes a good ending. (14th century)"
"Well begun is half done."
"A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow."
"Better a lean peace than a fat victory. (17th century)"
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
"Long absent, soon forgotten."
"The absent are always in the wrong. (1640)"
"Accidents will happen in the best families. (19th century)"
"Admiration: our polite recognition of another man's resemblance to ourselves. (Ambrose Bierce)"
"He who does not advance goes backwards."
"Advice most needed is least heeded."
"Advise none to marry or go to war. (1640)"
"Advisers run no risks."
"All is fair in love and war. (17th century)"
"All is well that ends well. (14th century)"
"America is God's melting-pot. (Israel Zangwill)"
"Good riding at two anchors, men have told, for if the one fails, the other may hold. (Strauss, 1994 p. 879)"
"Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. (Francis Bacon)"
"Do not let sunset find you still nursing your anger."
"To apologize is to lay the foundation for a further offense. (Ambrose Bierce)"
"Applause is the echo of a platitude. (Ambrose Bierce)"
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
"A rotten apple injures its companions."
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away--if you have good aim."
"The best art conceals art."
"When all men say you are an ass it is time to bray. (Strauss 1994, p. 1221)"
"Don't make clothes for a not yet born baby. (Strauss 1994, p. 683)"
"Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater."
"Bad is the best choice."
"A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit."
"A bad workman quarrels with his tools. (1640)"
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.