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Monday 24 July 1995

Time,life and culture

If we rest and think about its each minute then we will see the vastness of time,just as the Ocean is composed of small drops of water.

In catholic countries we are stunned with the everlasting tolling of Bells to prayers or for the dead in the Apennines and other hill and mountainous districts of Italy.The little Chapel Bell with its simple tinkling sound has a romantic and charming effect.

The ticking of a Clock in the night has nothing very interesting nor very alarming in it though superstition magnifies it into an omen.

The chimes in Holland are a nuisance They dance in the hours and the quarters They leave no respite to the imagination Before one set has done ringing in your ears another begins You do not know whether the hours move or stand still go backwards or forwards so fantastical and perplexing are their accompaniments.

Mr Wordsworth has painted their effect on the mind when he makes his friend Matthew in a fit of inspired dotage
 Sing those witty rhymes
About the crazy old church clock
 And the bewi1derd chimes .

- William Hazlitt

Some Quotations from my CMS Chowk XI - B Notebook

23/10/1995

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

08/01/1996

Success is 99 % perspiration and 1 % inspiration.


30/07/1995

Vengeance is a Dish that should be eaten Cold.

13/08/1995

Tears are Summer Showers to the Soul.

23/08/1995

Myth is the greatest human weakness

23/08/1995

The haste of a Fool is the slowest thing in the world.

09/09/1995

We don't know life:how can we know death?

11/09/1995

Heaven never helps the man who will not act.

13/09/1995

Condemn the fault and not the actor of it.

18/09/1995

An aim in life is the only fortune worth.

19/09/1995

If you wish to reach the highest,begin at the lowest.

27/09/1995

Commonsense is very uncommon.

28/09/1995

Their is no Pillow so soft as a clear conscience.

09/10/1995

Silent is one great art of conversation.

17/10/1995

 Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and resigned.

19/10/1995

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

21/10/1995

It is manlike to punish but godlike to forgive.

22/10/1995

Forgive others often,yourself never.

22/10/1995

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.