When Shabana Azmi greeted Nelson Mandela with a kiss the following eulogy was written in praise of the act by Principal B S Bhatnagar of the Indian school A1 Ghubra Sultanate of Oman A kiss is that which you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving It is a contraction of the mouth due to an enlargement of the heart It is a course of procedure cunningly devised for the mutual stoppage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous It is lip service to love and the anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction A kiss is a peculiar proposition Of no use to one yet absolute bliss to two The small boy gets it for nothing the young man has to steal it and the old man has to buy it It is the baby`s right the lover`s privilege and the hypocrite`s mask To a young girl faith? A married woman -hope? To an old maid- charity A kiss can be a comma a quotation mark or an exclamation point It is also a pleasant reminder that two heads are better than one

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