Shivaji Quotes

“Their manners are simple and honest. They are proud and reserved. If any one is kind to them, he can be sure of their gratitude, but if any one injures them they will take their revenge. They will”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji: The Grand Rebel

“He was a vegetarian, and never ate at any meal more than a few herbs and green vegetables. Then”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji: The Grand Rebel

“They are perhaps reminded of their readings in Roman history at school when they find the stage occupied permanently by the Romans, to whom enter in turn a number of outlandish characters called Pyrrhus, Mithridates or Jugurtha just in time to receive their coup de grace. What they were doing behind the scenes before responding to their cue is left obscure.”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji The Grand Rebel

“Their manners are simple and honest. They are proud and reserved. If any one is kind to them, he can be sure of their gratitude, but if any one injures them they will take their revenge. They will risk their lives to wipe out dishonour. If any one in distress appeals to them, they will lay aside all thought of self in their anxiety to help. Even if they have an insult to avenge, they never fail to warn their enemy. In battle, if they pursue the fugitives they always spare all who surrender. . . . These men love study and there are many heretics among them.”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji: The Grand Rebel

“When the news reached Delhi, Aurangzeb, though his face lit up with joy, was yet stirred to a speech of unusual chivalry. “He was a great captain and the only one who has had the magnanimity to raise a new Kingdom. My armies have been employed against him for nineteen years, and, nevertheless, his state has been always increasing.” (Orme).”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji: The Grand Rebel

“One cannot rule without deception. A government depending on cunning will last for ever.”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji The Grand Rebel

“A Maratha who has only one penny left will spend that on butter to smear on his fingers and then sit at the door of his house washing his hands to give his neighbours the impression that he has just dined sumptuously.2”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji The Grand Rebel

“in 1946 in cheap editions. A special edition was published during the Second World”
― Dennis Kincaid, Shivaji: The Grand Rebel