num_pages: 288
description: FIREFLIES were proverbs, aphorisms and maxims originated in China and Japan and were often written on pieces of silk. Tagore visited Japan and collected them in his notebooks. Each firefly, rarely more than a sentence long, represents a luminous thought on love, life, beauty or God. Each page of this book contains a decorative design by Boris Artzybasheff with the short maxim of Tagore's beneath. The text also includes Tagore's Nobel Acceptance Speech. 
language: English
title: Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims
titlecomplete: Fireflies: a collection of proverbs, aphorisms and maxims (Golden Thread Series)
genres: Classics, Indian Literature, India, Nobel Prize, Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 389
publisher: Asphodel Press