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Understanding Proverbs While a large number of Indian proverbs lay down rules of practical life such as are common to the proverbial philosophy of Other’ countries, some of them …
Indian and English Proverbs It is commonly believed in India that proverbs were invented by idiots. If this was the case, the idiots of India in the past must …
Commerce as a Means of Civilization The history of the world proves how much commerce pro-motes intellectual and material progress. The civilization of the ancient Greeks and of the …
An Evening Walk by the Sea Shore After a hard day’s work, nothing is more refreshing than a quiet walk along the shore of the sea. While the exercise …
Prosperity brings Friends, Adversity tries them It is natural that prosperity should attract friendship, or at least the semblance of friendship. The friends of a prosperous man derive many …
Necessity: The Mother of Invention The ancients used to illustrate the fact that great need stimulates the inventive powers, by the story of the raven in a drought. This …
A Journey by Train When a large mail train is about to start, a railway station is generally a scene of considerable confusion. As the poorer people of India …
The Mariner’s Compass The Chinese claim to have been the inventors of the compass, as of several other great inventions which are popularly supposed to be modern. It is …
Historical Plays Historical plays are dramas having for their subject historical events and for their dramatis persona real men who have made their names famous in history. The …
One Man’s Food is Another Man’s Poison This proverb takes variety of taste in food as a typical illustration of the difference between men and can in susceptibility to …
