Friday, April 27, 2007

DD13. DEFT DEFINITIONS

HABITS Threads in the beginning but wires in the end.
HAIR Richest ornament of women.
HAPPINESS a) Cosmetic for beauty.
b) Cloak of misery (at times ).
c) Calm glad certainty of innocence in children.
d) A good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
A RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS Take equal parts of faith and courage, mix well with a sense of humour, sprinkle with a few tears and add a helping of kindness for others. Bake in a good- natured oven and dust with laughter. Scrape away any self-indulgence that is apparent and serve with generous helpings.
HARD-WORK A thing which everyone likes but only when he is paying for it.
HAT A head wear that will never go out of fashion, it will just look more ridiculous year after year.
HATRED a) Murder committed by the heart.
b) Madness of the heart.
c) Motor of human behaviour.
HEAD a)An attic stuffed with worn-out furniture.
b) The greatest undeveloped territory in the world that lies under your head (believe it or not ).
HEAVEN The idea of a future state born out of man's preposterous assumption that such perfect creatures as we must enjoy another existence as a reward of our perfection which we deny to other living beings such as animals and birds.
HEREDITY Stored environment.
HERO An ultimate bore.
HEROISM Self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
HISTORY a) Register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
b) Essence of innumerable biographies.
c) Romance with the past.
d) Glass through which we may behold with ancestral eyes, not only the various deeds of past ages and the old accidents that attend them, but also discern the different forms of humours of men.

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