Mark Twain once said that it usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. I am not sure of the context of that statement but there is no doubt that it is a good example of oxymoron. The dictionary tells me that the rhetorical term “oxymoron” was coined by joining two contrasting Greek words meaning “sharp” (oxy) and “dull” (moron). Everyone uses such phrases in their everyday life without being an oxy or moron or anywhere in between.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, the famous German philosopher
and author had famously said that “we learn from history that man never learn anything
from history”. While George Bernard Shaw, the Irish dramatist and socialist had
endorsed this statement is in his lifetime, I find this more relevant today
with all the conflicts around then anytime else. That makes this a timeless
truth.
That was an example involving famous personalities and
serious subject with deep meaning. But there is one such phrase that attracts us
lesser mortals like the pied piper of Hamelin and they most certainly are not
children. If you still have not guessed it, it is the famous marketing adage
….“ The more you
spend, the more you save.”
This is quite a contradicting sentence to put one off, but that’s
not what happens in the real world. Once back from such a shopping misadventure,
the expression is equally rhetoric….
…”I paid too much
for this, but it is worth it.”
Technology has not spared most of us and if you are a
windows user, Bill Gates has ensured that we always click Start to Shutdown our
computer.
Donald Trump once said that “the budget was unlimited but, I
exceeded it”. I too have managed to exceed the length of this post, though my
estimate was limitless. But With all my friends and followers keeping quiet, I
can only say that this silence is deafening to my ears. But I will still
continue to post new pieces no matter what …. Thank God, I’m an atheist.
