Some Hindi Thoughts

#	Some Hindi Kahawatein aur Muhawarein
SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
1	Aam kea am gutli ke daam.
2	Aazadi barbadi.
3	Apni roti ko laat mat maro.
4	Baadsahah ke kaan hondi hain , aankh nahi hondain.
5	Bachcha bagal main aur didhora nagar main.
6	Chalti ka naam gaadi, badti ka naam dadhi.
7	Chinti ke ghar mein paramatma.
8	Duniya ummid par kayam hain.
9	Id ka chaand.
10	Jab gadhi pe dil aa jaye to pari kya chij hain.
11	Jab murda bolega to kafan pharega.
12	Kar bhala to ho bhala.
13	Main chala akela khud hi guru, khud hi chela.
14	Majboori ka naam mahatma Gandhi.
15	Man jeete jag jeete.
16	Mehanga roye ek bar sasta roye baar baar.
17	Neki kar koowe mein dal.
18	Pahele pet pooja,phir kaam dooja.
19	Roti ton koottye noo bhi mil jandi hain.
20	Sanch ko aanch nahin.

Great Thoughts 121-151

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
121	The more corrupt the state, the more the laws.
122	The more you give the more you get to give.
123	The more you have the less is your freedom.
124	The only purpose of money is to make kids happy.
125	The more you speak the less people will believe you.
126	The past is the best prophet of the future.
127	The wife of a careless driver is always a widow.
128	Keep your limbs warm and your head cool, Then you may call your doctor a fool.
129	There is no pillow so soft as a clean conscience.
130	There is no way to peace because peace is the way itself.
131	There is nothing either good or evil but thinking makes it so.
132	There's a straw in the beard of a guilty person.
133	They also serve who only stand and wait.
134	To confess a fault is the next best thing of being innocent of it.
135	To err is human, to forgive is divine.
136	To marry once is a duty, twice a folly, thrice a madness.
137	True education is not a purchasable commodity; it cannot be bought and sold.
138	Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
139	Vox Populi voix det. (The voice of the people is the voice of the God.)
140	Wealth and weal are strange bedfellows.
141	Weep and you weep alone, laugh and the whole world laughs with you.
142	What a day may bring a day may take it away too.
143	When a man bites a dog it becomes news.
144	When bitter becomes bitterest it becomes a bit rest.
145	When reason rules the mind, peace rules the day.
146	While truth travels a mile a lie goes round the globe.
147	Who knows most, doubts not
148	Who will watch the watchmen?
149	Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil.
150	You can't make omelettes without breaking the egg.
151	To see, to met to know and then to part; is the sad tale of many a human heart. Hindi Thoughts

Great Thoughts 91-120

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
91	Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
92	Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest stories.
93	Out of nothing, nothing comes.
94	Our true nationality is but mankind.
95	People who live in glasshouses must not throw stones at others.
96	Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.
97	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
98	Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
99	Revolutions are not about trifles but spring from trifles.
100	Rumours of wars are as bad as wars themselves.
101	Science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind.
102	Set a thief to catch a thief!?
103	Simplicity is the art of artlessness.
104	Sleep is the best cure for sleeping troubles.
105	Some money you earn for yourself the rest for your government.
106	Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall.
107	Sometimes seconds cost centuries.
108	Stolen kisses are the sweetest.
109	Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.
110	Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
111	Teaching and preaching is the worst of all trades but the best of all professions.
112	Tears hinder sorrow from becoming despair.
113	That man is like a cock who thinks the sun rises to hear him crow.
114	The business of China is business.
115	The cheerful goes a mile the cheerless tires a while.
116	The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall.
117	The devil always finds some tasks for the idle hands to do.
118	The fewer the words, the better the prayers.
119	The journey of a million mile begins with a single step.
120	The less men know, the more they talk.            Read more...

Great Thoughts 61-90

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
61	If you lend, you either lose the money or gain an enemy.
62	Imagination is the mother of creation.
63	In time take time when time doth last; for time is no time when time is past.
64	Inform the mind before you reform the man.
65	Integrity in speech and action is the backbone of character.
66	It is better to have a cow tomorrow than a calf today.
67	It is easier to end life than to mend life.
68	It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
69	It's not your fault to be born poor but it is your fault if you die poor.
70	Justice delayed is justice denied.
71	Keep quiet and people will think you are a philosopher.
72	Keep your limbs warm and your head cool
73	Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.
74	Life is a jigsaw puzzle with most of the pieces missing.
75	Love must conquer hate for hate cannot conquer itself.
76	Men of leisure are the men of pleasure.
77	Men show their superiority inside; animals outside.
78	Minds move mountains and oceans.
79	Napoleon lost the war because he was late by five minutes.
80	Needles and pins, needles and pins; when a man marries his trouble begins.
81	Never speak ill of a friend behind his back.
82	Never speak while your anger is still on.
83	Never trouble the trouble until the trouble troubles you.
84	Never twist the tail of a sleeping lion.
85	No invention of science can compete with the nature.
86	No man can be patriot in an empty stomach.
87	Not to know is better than to know something wrong.
88	Obedience alone gives the right to command.
89	One thing that is given the most and never accepted is advice.
90	Only fools dream, wise men plan and act.   Read more...

Great Thoughts 31-60

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
31	Diseases that cannot be cured must be endured.
32	Do never talk above the understanding of the people.
33	Do not cast pearls before the swine.
34	Do not put off till tomorrow, what you can do today.
35	Don't try to save the world; save yourself for the world.
36	East or west you may roam, there's no better place like your home.
37	Eat to please thyself, dress to please others.
38	Even a lion has to defend himself from flies.
39	Even a tiny leak can sink a mighty ship.
40	Every failure is a stepping stone to success.
41	Everyone can master grief but that has it.
42	Experience is a hard teacher as it tests you before giving a lesson.
43	Fools looks back and repent; the wise learn from the past follies and act.
44	Genius is one-tenth inspiration and nine-tenth perspiration.
45	Glory and wealth are like the ripples in water.
46	God made the country, man made the town.
47	Going to the law is to lose a cow for a cat.
48	Great ships do not sail in shallow waters.
49	Grey hair can only be the sign of age not wisdom.
50	Happy is the country that has no history.
51	He is the richest whose wants are the fewest.
52	He who talks too much commits a sin.
53	He who tells all he knows also tells what he does not.
54	Heaven never helps those who never help themselves
55	History is a fable agreed upon.
56	If no one loves you, go and love someone.
57	If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
58	If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
59	If you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
60	If you have sown thorns, don't expect to harvest roses.  Read more...

100 Great Thoughts

SN	Proverbs embody the wisdom of the wisest in all times and climes.
1	A boy is, of all beast, the most difficult to control.
2	A cat may look at the king.
3	A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.
4	A guest is a guest for two days; on the third he is a pest.
5	A laugher a day keeps illness away.
6	A politician is a businessman's step brother.
7	A politician thinks for the next election while a statesman thinks for the next generation.
8	A promise breaker is a shoemaker.
9	A son is a son till he gets a wife; a daughter is a daughter all her life.
10	A tree is known by the fruit it bears.
11	A washer-man's dog neither belongs to the house nor the river.
12	A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.
13	A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
14	A woman either loves or hates; there is no third course.
15	Adam ate apples and our teeth still ache.
16	An idle man's brain is a devil's workshop.
17	Be simple, not simpleton; childlike not childish.
18	Beauty and folly often go together.
19	Behind the story of an able man, there always another able man.
20	Below the lamp is always dark.
21	Better and ugly face than an ugly mind.
22	Blessed is the man that endureth temptation
23	Blessings never come in parts; misfortunes never come alone.
24	Both lack of money and sack of money distort minds.
25	Brevity is the soul of wit.
26	Children should be seen but not heard.
27	Cogit ergo sum. (I think therefore I am.)
28	Concealed talents bring no reputation.
29	Corrupt freemen are the worst slaves.
30	Democracy is the government of the mediocre by the average for the fools. Read more...