Ideas

A little learning is a dangerous thing This oft-quoted line is from a great English poet Alexander Pope. It emphasis the danger of acquiring insufficient or shallow knowledge. If one doesn't drink deep at the fountain of knowledge and satisfies onself only with fragments of knowledge, it puts one in hot waters. Knowledge always does good to a person but incomplete knowledge often puts him into troubles. Let us take an example. Knowledge of first-aid is very helpful and it often saves lives of injured persons. But if we don't shift a seriously injured person to the hospital and depend entirely on our knowledge of first-aid, the injured person may die. So we should be very clear about how much we know and to what extent it is helpful. In this way we can avoid dangers of having a little knowledge.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind "Face is the index of the mind" is an old saying, but it is not hundred per cent true. It is true to a great extent that the face reflects the light of thoughts that is generated in the, mind, but sometimes it is not so. Beauty and ugliness are God-given and it is beyond man's power to make alterations in this sphere. An ugly face may not be appealing to the onlookers but an ugly mind can create havocs. It is, therefore, said, 'Better an ungly face than an ugly mind. An ugly face will not harm anybody. People will just avoid an ugly face as unattractive but an ugly mind can bring floods in the society. An ugly mind is generally full of falsehood, pride, flattery, cheat and other such vices. When these vices are fetloose in our social set up, they spoil generations. À famous Urdu proverb says that Seerat is more important than Surat. It means that beauty of mind and one's conduct is more important than the facial beauty. Examples are so multifold that it is difficult to quote them. We come across these facts in our day to day life. It is, therefore, very correct to say - 'Better an ugly face than an ugly mind!'