इंसान की हैसियत उसके बैंक-बैलेंस से मापी जाती है।
A man's looks are measured by the depth of his pockets.
A man's looks are measured by the depth of his pockets.
हीरे तो किसी के पास भी हो सकते हैं: लेकिन पुश्तैनी गहना बिल्कुल अलग ही चीज़ होती है।
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.
कीमत कम रखिए, पर कुछ न कुछ ज़रूर लीजिए। वरना आपको गंभीरता से नहीं लिया जाएगा, और यदि आप बाज़ार में दाम बहुत गिरा देते हैं, तो आप अपने साथी कलाकारों का भी भला नहीं कर रहे हैं।
Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.
Charge less, but charge. Otherwise, you will not be taken seriously, and you do your fellow artists no favours if you undercut the market.
धर्मगुरुओं के भीतर भी बाकी इंसानों जैसे ही अरमान और कमज़ोरियाँ होती हैं।
Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.
Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.
दूसरों की फ़िक्र करना अपने दुखों को भूलने का एक बेहतरीन ज़रिया है।
Concern for someone else was a good remedy for taking the mind off one's own troubles.
Concern for someone else was a good remedy for taking the mind off one's own troubles.
जब खुद पर कोई मुसीबत न हो, तो दूसरों की समस्याओं को नज़रअंदाज़ करना बहुत आसान होता है।
Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.
Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.
कभी-कभी स्त्री और पुरुष एक-दूसरे के कितने करीब आ जाते हैं। यह तो उनके व्यवहार और उस दायरे का फ़र्क है जो नर और नारी को एक-दूसरे से अलग करता है।
How close the sexes sometimes come to one another. It is as much a matter of behaviour and the spere in which they move that separates the masculine part of humanity from the feminine.
How close the sexes sometimes come to one another. It is as much a matter of behaviour and the spere in which they move that separates the masculine part of humanity from the feminine.
जब कला बहती धारा की तरह चल रही हो तो सब कुछ बहुत अच्छा लगता है, लेकिन फिर ऐसे काले दिन भी आते हैं जब कल्पना साथ छोड़ देती है और कागज़ पर कुछ भी उतारना एक संघर्ष बन जाता है। दिन के अंत में आपकी वह छोटी सी मेहनत आपको घूर रही होती है और आप जानते हैं कि अगली सुबह आपको वह सब मिटाकर फिर से शुरुआत करनी होगी।
It is all very well, when the pen flows, but then there are the dark days when imagination deserts one, and it is an effort to put anything down on paper. That little you have achieved stares at you at the end of the day, and you know the next morning you will have to scrape it down and start again.
It is all very well, when the pen flows, but then there are the dark days when imagination deserts one, and it is an effort to put anything down on paper. That little you have achieved stares at you at the end of the day, and you know the next morning you will have to scrape it down and start again.
बढ़ती उम्र का एक दुख यह भी है कि हम में से कुछ लोग नई, अलग और मुश्किल चीज़ों की गहरी सराहना करना खो बैठते हैं।
It is a sadness of growing older that some of us lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.
It is a sadness of growing older that some of us lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.
इस ज़िंदगी में आपको अपनी मर्ज़ी की चीज़ नहीं मिलती, बल्कि जो मिलता है आपको उसी के साथ गुज़ारा करना पड़ता है।
It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.
It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.
वकील के दफ़्तर में प्यार के लिए कोई जगह नहीं होती।
Love has no place in a lawyer's office.
Love has no place in a lawyer's office.
पहाड़ जिस किसी के पास भी दिल है, उसके मन में विस्मय जगा देते हैं। वे हमें हमारी कमज़ोरी, हमारी नगण्यता और इस धरती पर हमारे संक्षिप्त जीवन की याद दिलाते हैं। वे आसमान को छूते हैं और इतनी ऊँचाई पर शांति से तैरते हैं जहाँ तक एक आम इंसान की कल्पना भी नहीं पहुँच सकती।
Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span on this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.
Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span on this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.
मुझे लगता है कि भयानक यादें जीवन भर हमारे साथ रहती हैं, लेकिन वे हमेशा उतनी तीखी नहीं रहतीं और समय तथा नई परिस्थितियों के साथ वे हमें उतनी गहराई से प्रभावित नहीं करतीं।
One remembers horrors, I think, for the rest of one's life, but memories do not always remain so sharp, and with time, and new circumstance, do not affect us so powerfully.
One remembers horrors, I think, for the rest of one's life, but memories do not always remain so sharp, and with time, and new circumstance, do not affect us so powerfully.
पहला प्यार तब तक बिल्कुल सही लगता है जब तक आप अपने दूसरे प्यार से नहीं मिल जाते।
One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love.
One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love.
इंसान खुशियाँ देते हैं, घर नहीं।
People make one happy, not houses.
People make one happy, not houses.
इंसान खुशियाँ देते हैं, घर नहीं? मुझे ऐसा नहीं लगता। इंसानों से ज़्यादा घरों पर भरोसा किया जा सकता है।
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
जीवन का पहला नियम यह है कि कुछ भी ज़ाहिर न करें, आप चाहे जिस किसी के भी बीच हों, अपनी बात बहुत सावधानी से कहें। यदि आपके पास कोई राज़ है, और आप उसे अपने सबसे जिगरी दोस्त को यह सख्त हिदायत देकर भी फुसफुसाते हैं कि यह बात आगे नहीं जानी चाहिए, तो आधे दिन के भीतर वह बात पूरे शहर में फैल जाती है; और जब आप कोई बिल्कुल समझदारी भरी बात भी कहते हैं, तो आप देखेंगे कि उसे इतना तोड़-मरोड़ कर पेश किया जाएगा कि अंत में बेवजह आपकी ही आलोचना होगी।
The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.
The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.
ऐसे लोग भी हैं जिन पर भरोसा किया जा सकता है, वे मर्द भी हो सकते हैं और औरतें भी। उनके स्वभाव में उतनी ही विविधता है जितनी इन घास के मैदानों में फूलों की।
There are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.
There are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.
आप चाहे जितने रोमांचक सफ़र पर निकल जाएँ, अपनी समस्याओं और दुखों से भाग नहीं सकते, वे आपके साथ ही चलते हैं।
There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one's problems and sorrows with one.
There was no escaping by means of any journey, however adventurous, one took one's problems and sorrows with one.
झूठ के साथ सबसे बड़ीिक़त यह है कि एक बार शुरू होने के बाद उस मनगढ़ंत कहानी को आगे भी खींचना पड़ता है, और मौके पर गढ़ी गई बातों के तमाम ब्योरे को हमेशा याद रखना बहुत मुश्किल होता है।
The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment.
The trouble with lies was that once started, the fiction had to be continued, and it was hard always to be remembering details that you had made up upon the spur of the moment.
जो काम हम करना चाहते हैं उसे पूरा करने के लिए, साथ ही सिर पर छत और पेट के लिए दो वक्त की रोटी का इंतज़ाम करने के लिए हमारे पास पैसे होने ज़रूरी हैं। मोटी कमाई अच्छी तो होती है, लेकिन हमेशा आसानी से मिलती नहीं, और हर नई पेंटिंग में समय लगता है। इसलिए हमें अपनी कला से अतिरिक्त कमाई करने के हरसंभव रास्ते तलाशने की ज़रूरत है।
We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.
We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. Fat commissions are good, but not always easy to come by, and each new painting takes its time. So we need to find every way possible to earn extra income from our work.
जो बात एक जोड़े के लिए सही है, वह दूसरे के लिए गलत हो सकती है। मैं तो यही कहूँगा कि एक खुशहाल शादी के लिए कई अन्य बातें ज़्यादा मायने रखती हैं।
What is right for one couple is wrong for another. I would say that there are many more important factors to a happy marriage.
What is right for one couple is wrong for another. I would say that there are many more important factors to a happy marriage.
जब मर्द किसी औरत से डरते हैं, तो वे हमेशा उस पर मर्दानी होने का आरोप लगा देते हैं।
When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.
When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.
आप चाहें जितनी भी कोशिश कर लें, एक ही छलांग में सीढ़ियाँ उतर नहीं सकते, और उससे भी कहीं ज़्यादा नामुमकिन है एक छलांग में ऊपर चढ़ जाना; लेकिन एक कदम और फिर अगला कदम—बस, आप पहुँच गए सबसे ऊपर या सबसे नीचे, और आपकी साँस भी नहीं फूलेगी और न ही आप असहज होंगे।
You can't jump down the stairs in one leap, however much you might wish to, and you even more surely can't jump up it, but one step and then the next and there you are, at the top or the bottom and not a bit out of breath or discomposed.
You can't jump down the stairs in one leap, however much you might wish to, and you even more surely can't jump up it, but one step and then the next and there you are, at the top or the bottom and not a bit out of breath or discomposed.
आप सोच भी नहीं सकते कि जिन पक्षियों के पास दिमाग होता ही नहीं, वे इतने दोस्ताना कैसे हो सकते हैं। मैं कसम खाकर कह सकता हूँ कि उनमें से कुछ पक्षी कई इंसानों से ज़्यादा समझदार होते हैं, पर यह बात पक्षियों से ज़्यादा हमारे इंसानी समाज के बारे में बहुत कुछ कहती है।
You would not think that birds who have no brain at all could become so friendly. I swear some of them are more intelligent than many humans, but that says more about our fellow beings than it does about the birds.
You would not think that birds who have no brain at all could become so friendly. I swear some of them are more intelligent than many humans, but that says more about our fellow beings than it does about the birds.