VALUE
EDUCATION IN A GRAMMAR BOOK
It is interesting to note that
language books not only impart knowledge but also give character-building
tips. In a grammar book on English, I
found a good many short sentences loaded with wit and wisdom. They had not only a touch of moral and ethical
values but also the essence of social, political, commercial, religious and
philosophical experiences.
Given below are fifty such extracts collected from a single
book meant for secondary school students. . They are easily memorable and worth
quoting whenever a suitable occasion is there.
Moreover, they are as good as the words coming out of the lips of
learned guides, advisors and counsellors.
It took me hardly an hour to pick
them up and present them here for the benefit of all and sundry.
1.
Still
waters run deep.
2.
Cleanliness
is next to godliness.
3.
Wisdom
is better than strength.
4.
Without
health there is no happiness.
5.
Every
dog had his day.
6.
A
live ass is better than a dead lion.
7.
There
should not be much talk and little work.
8.
Good
wine needs no bush.
9.
It
is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
10.
Hunger
is the best sauce.
11.
Small people love to talk of great men.
12.
.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
13.
Of
two evils choose the less.
14.
The
longest lane has a turning.
15.
While there is life, there is hope.
16.
They never fail who die for a great cause.
17.
There
is nothing like staying at home for comfort.
18.
An
umbrella is of no avail against a thunderstorm.
19.
We
seldom see ourselves as others see us.
20.
Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased.
21.
He that is content is rich.
22.
He
that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.
23.
You
who are mighty should be merciful.
24.
You
who seek wisdom should be humble.
25.
He
that is down, needs fear no fall.
26.
Those who live in glass houses must not throw
stones.
27.
Who laughs last laughs best.
28.
Those
whom the gods love die young.
29.
30.
He
who has lost all hope has also lost all fear.
31.
Time
changes all things.
32.
New
brooms sweep clean.
33.
A
rolling stone gathers no moss.
34.
A
burnt child dreads the fire.
35.
Amassing
wealth often ruins health.
36.
Success
is not merely winning applause.
37.
Rome
was not built in a day.
38.
Too
many cooks spoil the broth.
39.
38.
Wisdom is too high for a fool.
40.
Trust
in God and do what is right.
41.
Neither
a lender, nor a borrower be.
42.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall
obtain mercy.
43.
Wisdom
is better than rubies.
44.
Heard
melodies are sweet but those unheard are sweeter.
45.
It
is the common doom of man that he must eat his bread by the sweat of his brow.
46.
Religion
does not banish mirth but only moderates and sets rules to it.
47.
It
is a great loss to a man if he cannot laugh.
48.
Natural
thirst is more deliciously gratified with water, than artificial thirst is with
wine.
49.
The
real dignity of a man lies in what he has, and not in what he is.
50.
There
are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until person
experience has brought it home.
22nd
November 2019 -----G.
R. KANWAL
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