The Interesting ones

30 Figures of Speech You Never Knew Had Names 1. Antanagoge Putting a good point next to a negative one. "It's expensive, but it lasts forever." 2. Epizeuxis Repeating a word immediately for emphasis. "Alone, alone, all alone..." 3. Anacoluthon A sentence that suddenly breaks in structure. "If you think 1-well, never mind." 4. Antimetabole Repeating words in reverse order. "Eat to live, not live to eat. 5. Parataxis Short, side-by-side statements without connectors. "I came. I saw. I conquered." GL 6. Polysyndeton Using too many conjunctions on purpose. "He ran and laughed and danced and cheered.' 7. Asyndeton Removing conjunctions for speed. "Veni, vidi, viel." 8. Litotes Understating something using the negative. "Not bad at all." 9. Epanalepsis Ending a sentence with the word it began with. "The king is dead, long live the king." 10. Diacope Repetition with a word or phrase in between. "To b...

Derek Medina - The man who wrote "How to Save Your Marriage" in the U.S.? He shot his wife... and posted the photo on Facebook.  Dale Carnegie— the legend behind "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? He died completely alone.  Benjamin Spock, who sold millions of books on parenting? His own sons tried to put him in a nursing home.  Maria Montessori, the world-famous teacher? She gave her own son away to foster care, so she could dedicate herself to other people's children.  Rhee Kun-hoo - Korean author who wrote the bestseller "How to Be Happy"? She hanged herself, after years of depression.  What does this tell us? That the people writing self-help manuals... often couldn't save themselves. Coaches. Gurus. Trainers. Influencers.   They sell answers to life.  They were just as lost as everyone else.  Maybe even more.

  Shiva Mahimna Stotram - 3  Stanzas 22 to 42 प्रजानाथं नाथ प्रसभमभिकं स्वां दुहितरं गतं रोहिद्भूतां रिरमयिषुमृष्यस्य वपुषा। धनुष्पाणेर्यातं दिवमपि सपत्राकृतममुं त्रसन्तं तेऽद्यापि त्यजति न मृगव्याधरभसः॥२२॥ Prajānāthaṁ nātha prasabhamabhikaṁ svāṁ duhitaraṁ gataṁ rohidbhūtāṁ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā| Dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṁ divamapi sapatrākṛtamamuṁ trasantaṁ te'dyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ||22|| Oh Lord (nātha)!, Your (te) violent fury (rabhasaḥ) in the form of a hunter (mṛgavyādha), even now (adya-api) does not (na) abandon (tyajati) that (amum) lord (nātham) of  (all)  living beings (prajā) --i.e. Brahmā or the Creator in the well-known trilogy-- who was wounded (sapatrā-kṛtam) by  (the arrows of the aforesaid)  huntsman with bow in hand (dhanuṣpāṇeḥ)  (and)  ran away (yātam) even (api) to heaven...