Sunday, August 9, 2009

Know..Know..Not No...Know..Know!

I know the title of the post is funny, felt that this is apt for the content that is posted. This post is about a poem that I got to learn from our English lecturer in junior college. Here goes the poem as I remember,

Know!

He who knows not, knows not that he knows not,
He is a fool, shun him.
He who knows not, knows that he knows not,
He is ignorant, teach him.
He who knows, knows not that he knows,
He is asleep, wake him.
He who knows, knows that he knows,
He is a leader, follow him.


4 comments:

వేమన said...

Awesome dude... try digging out some more stuff like this :)

He who knows not,
who he knows, knows not,
knows not enough.

He who knows,
who he knows, knows not,
knows lot more.

Manohar Dubbaka said...

Thanks buddy. Actually, when we were returning from Grand Canyon, there was some conversation about the fourth person on that trip about whom we knew very little. We were trying to make him talk and know more about him. Then this poem suddenly popped into my mind, I shared it with others on the trip. Even during that conversation people came up with some lines just like you did. Unfortunately I didn't remember it correctly, hence I restricted myself to posting the original version.

Unknown said...

He who knows, knows that he knows, but you dont know that he knows, you better know him.

Manohar Dubbaka said...

Refer to the lines from Dr.Siva..those were the lines that I couldn't remember and add to my blog.

Siva, thanks for posting those lines.