Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Science without humanity
And knowledge without compassion
Do more harm than good to mankind.
Business without ethics
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Let the head and the feet be clean.
Let the beginning and the end be good.
Let the meeting and parting be nice.
In between what is there is discounted.
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A submissive wife is a strict mother.
A henpecked husband is a terror.
A pampered son is a gut less lot.
A shy daughter is a straying lot.
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Being stupid, I’m not jealous.
Being coward, I’m not ambitious.
Being lazy, I’m not greedy.
Being impotent, I’m not dangerous.
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Conservatism is the process
That admits not anything first.
Religions are kept alive
Solely on conservatism.
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She craves being with him
And when she is with him
She feels a kind of tension
To get rid of the situation
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Lust means luxuria, lechery, lasciviousness and sensuality.
Lust means intensive desire for sexual pleasure,
A taboo of the sixth commandments.
Lust is nothing but power, most aphrodisiacal.
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Diminution in belief is a tragedy.
Diminution in faith is a tragedy.
Hope is sent by them into jeopardy.
Hope lost, heaven is perceived as a hell.
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The candle is shut and the flame is out.
The candle is left and the life has set.
Before shut, the candle must have been lit.
The unlit candle can never be shut.
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A duck praised a goose for her rich songs
And wanted the goose to comment her songs,
Which she did as the propriety demanded.
The duck believed true the comments made.
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