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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    (You cannot) teach an old dog new tricks; You cannot unscramble eggs; You cannot win them all; You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar; You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain; You pay your money and you take your choice; Youth is wasted on the young; You may/might as well be hanged/hung for a ...

  3. Bangamata (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Tagore wrote the poem "Bangamata" during the British Raj period in India, during which he perceived the Bengali's cultural heritage being erased. Unsatisfied with British rule, he wanted to encourage fellow Bengalis to perform national duties for Bengal .

  4. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hasya Kavita is humorous comic poetry in Hindi. It is particularly famous due to Hindi Kavi sammelans and TV shows. [17] [18] [19] Bal kavita is children's rhymes in Hindi. [20] Many attempts have been made to document Hindi poetry. Some of the most comprehensive online collections for Hindi poetry include Kavitakosh [21] and Kavita. [22]

  5. Bengali poetry - Wikipedia

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    Bengali poetry is a rich tradition of poetry in the Bengali language and has many different forms. Originating in Bengal, the history of Bengali poetry underwent three successive stages of development: poetry of the early age (like Charyapad), the Medieval period and the age of modern poetry. All ages have seen different forms of poetry and ...

  6. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    Come along and grow old with me; the best is yet to be. [1] Hours fly, Flowers die. New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays. [2] Hours fly, Flowers bloom and die. Old days, Old ways pass. Love stays. I only tell of sunny hours. I count only sunny hours. The clouds shall pass and the sun will shine on us once more.

  7. Amar Sonar Bangla - Wikipedia

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    The word amar refers to the possessive first-person singular ' my ' or ' (of) mine '; the word sonar is the adjectival form of the root word sona, meaning ' gold '; and the word sonar, which literally translates as ' golden ' or ' made of gold ', is used as a term of endearment meaning ' beloved ', but in the song, the words Sonar Bangla may be interpreted to express the preciousness of Bengal.

  8. Bengali literature - Wikipedia

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    The first Bangla books to be printed were those written by Christian missionaries. Dom Antonio's Brahmin-Roman-Catholic Sambad, for example, was the first Bangla book to be printed towards the end of the 17th century. Bangla writing was further developed as Bengali scholars wrote textbooks for Fort William College. Although these works had ...

  9. Doha (Indian literature) - Wikipedia

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    Doha is a very old "verse-format" of Indian poetry.It is an independent verse, a couplet, the meaning of which is complete in itself. [1] As regards its origin, Hermann Jacobi had suggested that the origin of doha can be traced to the Greek Hexametre, that it is an amalgam of two hexametres in one line.