Thiruvalluvar Quotes
Reasoning with a drunkard is like going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.
For Tamil Indians the Tirukkural is sacred scripture. There is no archeological evidence of his existence—only his literature. The date therefore is very uncertain and might be as early as the 8th century BC or as late as the 2nd century BC.
Thiruvalluvar, ~5th Century BC, Indian Tamil Saint, Philosopher & Poet, Tirukkural, “Sacred Couplets”
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Douglass had written of how the slave owners used alcohol to maintain control over the slaves: {611086}.
Ale has too often been praised by poets
The longer you drink the less sense your mind makes of things
Modern research has shown that the earliest deleterious effect of alcohol is impaired judgment and perception. It is fascinating that in this important set of advice from the chief God Odin, this was the problem that was focussed upon.
This work of Chekov’s was censored heavily by the Russian Communists of the 1920s and 1930s who publicly glorified the Russian peasant. Chekov’s observation, like many of poverty-stricken populations observed the status quo and did not comment on how the state of affairs came to be in the first place.
The distinction between recreational drinking and heavy drinking is a subtle one and rarely made until modern times. Most leaders who would not have heavy drinkers in positions of responsibility were usually themselves teetotalers and they were very rare. Heavy drinkers and alcoholics have been in positions of responsibility throughout history including modern times—eg House Ways & Means Chairman Wilbur Mills and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Peter was unusual in that he made the distinction.
The great poet was trying to get a job with the BBC and Nicholson was to be his boss.
Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economical matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of the Tamil literature.
