"Not forever does the bulbul sing In balmy shades of bowers, Not forever lasts the spring Nor ever blossom the flowers. Not forever reigneth joy, Sets the sun on days of bliss, Friendships not forever last, They know not life, who know not this."

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Source : Khushwant Singh, Nandini Mehta (1993). “Not a nice man to know: the best of Khushwant Singh”

Khushwant Singh

#Spring Quotes #Flower Quotes #Forever Quotes

“Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places, till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.”
“Well my dad was a pretty good player at one stage and my two older brothers played golf as well. So there were always golf clubs flying around the house.”
“An honest money system is the only alternative.”
“ClichÃ©s are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my motherâ€™s: Fang pi bu-cho, cho pi bu-fang. Basically that translates to: "Loud farts donâ€™t stink, and the really smelly ones donâ€™t make a sound." In other words: When youâ€™re full of beans, you just blow a lot of hot air. If you want to have a real impact, be deadly but silent. Oh, also recognize the difference between a bad clichÃ© and a good quotation. My motherâ€™s saying is a good quotation. You should use it often.”
“I think that you know you have experts in fields who spend their life studying one thing. When an event goes on that chances are they're going to want that specific expert who has done it to be on the show talking about it, not a writer or an artist of any sort, which I think is a mistake because you know we don't have... I mean we have them, but there is certainly not you know in strong force public philosophers anymore.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous, and transcends heartbreak and disappointment.”
“Sometimes I think of blogging as finger exercises for a violinist; sometimes I think of it as mulching a garden. It is incredibly useful and helpful to my "real" writing.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.”

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