Thursday, September 28, 2017

Think For Yourself

Though you might listen to your elders or the experts, still, do pull yourself up and stretch your thinking.
King Sri Dhammaraja of Cambodia (1629–1634)

Friday, September 22, 2017

Autumn Has Arrived!

Robed in pale silk plumes of kasa blooms,
Full-blown lotuses her beautiful face,
The calls of rapturous wild geese
The music of her anklet bells,
Ripening grain, lightly bending, her lissome form:
Autumn has now arrived, enchanting as a bride.
 Autumn from Ṛtusaṃhāra or Gathering of the Seasons by Kālidāsa (5th century CE)
*Note: Kasa is a name of a variety of grass.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

A Compliment A Day...

A compliment is a little love in a lot of spirit.
 Literary Studies of the 16th Century (1889) by Emile Faguet

Thursday, September 14, 2017

A Lovers' Quarrel

Lovers have a way of using this word "nothing" which implies the exact opposite.
 A Daughter of Eve (1839) by Honoré de Balzac

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

You're So Vain

Vanity is the most stupid and cruelest of vices, for it makes one blush with happiness!
Graziella (1852) de Alphonse de Lamartine