Truth and the Myths | Page 8

would become only what you can?And not that you wish or others plan!
Despite absorbing hottest rays of Sun,?Moon always emits only coolest sheen!
Moneys black and white, vie each other,?Even within sacred temple coffer!
Do whatever you have to, today, here and now?For, tomorrow is a dream, may not come true.
He who keeps company, in lone dark night,?If dead suddenly, turns object of fright!
With a begging bowl, I vie to reach the gate?Of palace I built* and lived in my birth last!?(* Hindus believe that the soul of a dead person will?have rebirth elsewhere)
What anybody could give in abundance?To others, in time of distress, is advice!
Know, thou were not born nor shall die at thy wish;?Thence, time in between is not thine to lavish!
Don't try to throw stones from glass roof,?Unless the glass is bullet proof!
Disease is always like a guest �C?Comes at unexpected moment!
You can kick even the air afar,?If it is put in a ball of rubber!
Water flows only on slopes �C?The life flows solely on hopes!
Wondrous monument for departed wife �C Tajmahal.?Could she ever enjoy that architectural marvel?
Hot morning news in evening turns cold;?Tomorrow history and, then, tales old!
Building castles in the air, does the idle;?Won't building a hut on the land be ideal!
When thy name scales thro' the ladder of fame,?Know, it is someone else did give thee a name!
One who feels ignorant only can gain knowledge?As empty vessel has enough space for storage!
Life is like a brittle sheet of glass:?Transparent, breaks on being careless!
Even dirty efflux from stable?Holy Ganges laps with no grumble!
"Rolling stone gathers no moss"?It will only deplete its mass!
You have something, you will feel a lot you have not;?When you have not any, will not feel you have not.
Only thro' crooked stairs and power-lifts?Man can reach unto enviable heights!
Souls of amoeba and an elephant,?By mass and shape would not be different!
Nudity is not sex appealing;?It lies in dressing half-revealing!
Man has no permanent foe or friend,?For he has an ever-changing mind.
Woman's bosom is Ocean of Milk for the baby;?Reposing bed, to compose, for grief-stricken hubby!
I don't long for fame as son of my father;?But, indeed, wish to earn name as an author.
"None in this world is perfect" a diction;?But, everyone claims to be an exception!
Man slays gentle peacock to gather its quill?And present a "peacock dance" to show his skill!
The needy nurtures no formality;?Not patience to wait till maturity!
Any event, however long, should end;?Even God's incarnations have ended!
Thoughtless act in split moment?Gets man long years in punishment.
Poor man's mistake could be a crime;?Rich man's crime could be a mistake!
The evil is not evil always;?And the good need not be good always!
One's internal and external beauty?Is assessed by external entity!
If you don't do what you have to do,?Someone will do what you may not do!
Between man and man, man is the enemy;?Man to man, managing man is difficult!
If you go on doing good, God will do you good;?If the God doesn't do good, none would say good God!
If you look once again, what you have done earlier,?After years, you will feel you could have done better!
If you shy ever to make a debut,?Opportunities will fight shy of you!
No wonder continental drift theories stay;?Look at the neighbouring nations drift away!
Woman is undaunted force;?Man controls it by mere farce!
While being poor is not a bane;?Becoming rich is not a boon.
Why need middle men?Between God and man?
All my vices will be adored?If I have immense wealth amassed!
Something is not better than nothing at all;?For, nothing is better than something awful!
Who does not spend, have to spend;?Who spends may not have to spend!
Taxes are levied to feed Government employees?Still they tax public to add spice to luxuries!
Somewhere a tearful farewell.*?Here, a cheerful arrival.?(Hindus believe in re-birth. The dead soul will be born?somewhere else, quite often, immediately).
Truth shall prevail?When all lies fail!
Rome was not built in a day;?But it was burnt in a day!
We don't do what we could do when needed to do,?And try to do what others do which we can't do!
I did not understand what my dad told me;?My son doesn't understand what I tell him!
I should now be loving my neighbour,?A beautiful dame moved in next door!
Talk never and you will have friends never;?Talk ever, friends will be foes forever!
You are not a made yourselves entity,?Society carved out your personality!
If you are fond of the fag's lasting puff,?You'll take last breath in breathless cough!
Man will not learn good things if taught,?Sure will learn all the vices untaught!
On God of heavens I was reposing my faith;?And failed, 'cause I ignored all little gods of earth!
God hath created man to live a century,?But didn't give a performance guarantee!
When I was a child, father was my hero;?As I grew up, to me, he is a zero!
Flesh and fish become delicacies?By cooking them with vegetables!
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