DD22. DEFT DEFINITIONS

DD22. PALMIhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifST An ignorant man who takes counsel from stars instead of from God who made the stars.
PAIN A strong feeling that at times forces even an innocent to lie.
PAINTING Silent poetry.
PAPER It is the God of bureaucracy, just as the Sun is for other people. The babus who join ink-stained hands in prayer to the processed celluloid sometimes display a faith so blind that it is sublime.
PARKING-SPACE An area of about 7'x14' on the other side of the road.
PARTING A sweet sorrow, but take note that journey's end in lover's meetings.
PASSIONS Certain qualities in human behaviour which are not well looked at. To be frank they are the winds that fill the sails of a vessel. They sink it at times but without them it would be impossible to make way. Many things that are dangerous here below are, all the same, necessary.
PAST a) A bucket of ashes.
b) Best prophet of future.
c) Pathology is the science of a disease called "inquiries"
PATIENCE a) The fine art of hoping.
b) An ornament to a woman and modesty to a girl.
c) The key for contentment.
d) An appropriate strategy that is often overlooked on important occasions.
PATRIOTISM The last refuge of a scoundrel.
PEACE A monotonous interval between two wars or disastrous fights.
PEN Tongue of the mind.
PERSEVERANCE The courage to hold on when all others have given up.
PESSIMIST Who rejoices in proving that there is no joy.
PHILOSOPHER A lunatic who can analyze his delusions.
PHILOSOPHY a) Old hag's description of the menu in paradise.
b) Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.
c) A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
d) The account which the mind gives to itself of the constitution of the world.
PICTURE Poem without words.
PITY A cheap gift which could have no weight at all either for good or bad but can do a lot of damage.It accentuates troubles that would be less painful if the sufferer is not reminded of them.