Handwritten: Your Favourite Quotes

[txomsy]

चिन्तनीया हि विपदां आदावेव प्रतिक्रिया
न कूपखननं युक्तं प्रदीप्ते वन्हिना गृहे

 

The effect of disasters should be thought of beforehand. It is not appropriate to start digging a well when the house is ablaze with fire.
 

Kaweco Liliput Copper (aged), FPnibs.com semiflex nib, Rohrer & Klingner Salix.

[inkstainedruth]

6 hours ago, txomsy said:

Just one word of caution.

 

Better not get me started on my books. If I am usually verbose, I lose all limits when talking of books.

You say that as if it were a BAD thing.... 

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[dms525]

Here are three. Note that the G.B. Shaw quote was "borrowed" from Hegel.

 

 

David

[dms525]

And here's a thought for those striving for perfection:

 

 

[ParramattaPaul]

Great quotes nicely done.  Thank you Doctor.

[txomsy]

Yeah, they are great quotes in a masterful execution. 🖋️

 

ADDED: sorry, I posted the following quote twice. Please do accept my apologies.

 

गते शोको न कर्तव्यो भविष्यं नैव चिंतयेत्।
वर्तमानेन कालेन वर्तयंति विचक्षणाः॥

One should not regret the past. One should not worry about the future. Wise men act by the present time.

 

 

Baoer 79 with an FPR flex nib with the EMF mod. Troublemaker ink Doña Victorina.

[txomsy]

सर्वं परवशं दुःखं सर्वमात्मवशं सुखम्।
एतद् विद्यात् समासेन लक्षणं सुखदुःखयोः॥

 

Transliteration:
sarvaṃ paravaśaṃ duḥkhaṃ sarvamātmavaśaṃ sukham।
etad vidyāt samāsena lakṣaṇaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ॥

 

English:
Everything that is in other’s control is painful. All that is in self-control is happiness. This is the definition of happiness and pain in short.

 

Hindi:
जो सब अन्यों के वश में होता है, वह दुःख है। जो सब अपने वश में होता है, वह सुख है।
यही संक्षेप में सुख एवं दुःख का लक्षण है।

 

Kaweco Liliput (new), FPR flex nib with EMF mod, Montblanc Burgundy

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 10/22/2022 at 12:44 PM, dms525 said:

Here are three. Note that the G.B. Shaw quote was "borrowed" from Hegel.

 

 

David

Love the Asimov quote!  

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[txomsy]

अप्राप्यं नाम नेहास्ति धीरस्य व्यवसायिनः।

 

English Translation:
There is nothing unattainable to the one who has courage and who works hard.

 

Kaweco AL Sport Stonewashed Blue, 1.1mm stub,

 

[txomsy]

अत्वरा सर्वकार्येषु त्वरा कार्याविनाशिनी।

 

Do not rush in work, haste is a waste of work.

 

Or maybe, work done in haste, work wasted (You should know what you are doing).

 

Kaweco AL Sport Stonewashed black. 1.1mm nib. Noodler's X-Feather.

 

[txomsy]

सिंहवत्सर्ववेगेन पतन्त्यर्थे किलार्थिनः॥

 

 

Those who intend to get work done cast themselves on the task with all possible speed, like a lion.
 

Kaweco Brass Sport. 1.1mm. Noodler's Rome is burning.

 

[txomsy]

अनारम्भस्तु कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धिलक्षणम्।
आरब्धस्यान्तगमनं द्वितीयं बुद्धिलक्षणम्॥

 

 

Not starting tasks is the first characteristic of intelligence. Once started,
bringing tasks to completion is the second characteristic of intelligence..
 

Eversharp. Sheaffer green (80's)

 

[txomsy]

 

अतिरोषणश्चक्षुष्मानन्ध एव जनः।

 

 

An exceedingly angry person is blind even when possessing eyes.

 

Noodler's Ink Creaper Cobalt, EMF mod. Noodler's Baystate Blue.

 

[txomsy]

अति सर्वनाशहेतुर्ह्यतोऽत्यन्तं विवर्जयेत्।

Excess is the cause of the ruin.
Hence one should avoid it in any case.

 

Baoer 79. FPR flex with EMF. Noodler's X-Feather
 

[txomsy]

आरोप्यते शिला शैले यथा यत्नेन भूयसा।
निपात्यते सुखेनाधस्तथात्मा गुणदोषयोः॥

 

Hauling a rock to the top of the hill is incredibly difficult. But pushing it down is very easy.

Similarly, one rises with good qualities but falls quickly due to a single misdeed.

 

[txomsy]

युक्ति युक्तं प्रगृह्णीयात् बालादपि विचक्षणः।
रवेरविषयं वस्तु किं न दीपः प्रकाशयेत्॥

The wise should learn to accept wisdom from anybody, even from a child.
Doesn’t the small night lamp light up things which the sun can not?
 

 

Jinhao x159 with an FPR flex nib with EMF mod. Koh-i-noor document blue. Recycled paper.

 

[txomsy]

चरन्मार्गान्विजानाति ।

 

 

A wanderer (eventually) finds the path.

 

Kaweco Liliput with an FPnibs semiflex nib. Rohrer & Klingner Salix.

 

[Norfolk]

txomsy:

 

I check in each day and thought I should "thank you" for your effort.

[txomsy]

@Norfolk, thank you so very much.

 

Yesterday was a bad day with some server disks failing (and today other disk in another server), so today I have two quotes to send:

 

शरीरस्य गुणानाश्च ,
दूरम्अन्त्य अन्तरम् ।
शरीरं क्षणं विध्वंसि ,
कल्पान्त स्थायिनो गुणा: ।।

 

There is a big difference between the human body and its qualities.
Because the Human body lives for a short period whereas the qualities are remembered forever.

(I hope I did the hyphenation correctly)

 

 

न चोरहार्यं न च राजहार्यं न भ्रातृभ्राज्यं न च भारकारि।
व्यये कृते वर्धत एव नित्यं विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम्॥

 

It cannot be stolen by a thief.
It cannot taken away by a King.
It cannot be divided among brothers.
It does not cause load. It always increases when spent.
The wealth of knowledge is the greatest of all wealths.

 

(Here I skipped an 'h' and had to add it later using the inter-word space).

 

 

[P25B]

Well, I’ve only been on here for 5 years, why is this my first post here‽ 

 

Thanks for a place to post quotes I love, and to read others.