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)

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.

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

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

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

How to be a Grandfather

Seeing the young have little dread of me,

A dreamer at their joy and jollity,

A rogue grandfather! pious brows grow dark,

Frowning because I overstep the mark.

L'Art d'être grand-père (1877) by Victor Hugo

Keep Working

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1674) by Baltasar Gracián