Rome Was Not Built In A Day

   Rome was not built in a day is an educative epigram of an Italian poet-pietro maryolli. The beautiful city of  Rome was not built in a day or in a month. Rome is the product of untiring toil by generations of men. Many must have labored long to make Rome what it is. The caves of Ajanta and ellora too must have consumed the time and energy of many. No work of great importance can be accomplished in a short span of time, in the twinkling of an eye.

   This proverb suggests that difficult goals cannot be reached at once. If a man wants to build a big house, he cannot expect its completion in a short span of time. If a student wants to get through an examination, he should not expect success with hardly any preparation. Success demands continual toil, unfailing patience and untiring tenacity.

   You should not expect an immediate award for your labor. He is a foolish husbandman who expects crop soon after sowing. A farmer scatters seeds. He supplies water for their germination. He protect the plants and feels them with fertilizers. His efforts are crowned with success only after a long time.India became free on 15.8.47 but in reality, it did not become free in a day. Our freedom is the outcome of the long and painful toil of numerous known and unknown patriots.

   This proverb tells us that every great work demands the sacrifice of many. This work may pertain to private life or public life. You have to put in all your energy and attention for the completion of your undertaking. Every great work presupposes the self-denial and self mortification of many. That is precisely why Oscar wilde, the famous writer from Ireland, in one of his stories observed:” Every red rose has a nightingale buried under it”.