Rome in the proverb stands for any great
achievement.
Romulus and Remus built the ancient city of Rome. It
took many years and thousands of workers to construct the magnificent city of
its time. Huge amounts of energy, resources and expenditure and time were
involved in erecting the city that became the envy of the world.
Similarly any great task in life does not happen
overnight like Jack’s beanstalk. It requires time and effort. It grows out
slowly after years and sometimes even after centuries of careful and
painstakingly patient work.
Take for example the great wonders of the world. We
often admire their greatness but are apt to forget the tremendous amount of
money and material, human labour and time that have gone into their making.
The Taj Mahal, a marvel of architectural workmanship
tool seventeen tears to complete. The huge pyramids of Giza took several
generations of Pharaohs to attain their overpowering magnitude and staggering
height. The Great Wall of China is another case in point. These random examples
are enough to prove the truth of the saying.
People in our country are impatient of the slow pace
if our progress to prosperity. They often contrast our poverty with the
affluence of the USA without bothering their heads with the facts that it took
even the Western capital coupled with technical skill and the virgin soil of
America about a hundred and fifty years to make the USA the rich and prosperous
country that we admire. We cannot eradicate the poverty of centuries within a
few decades. It will take time for Rome was not built in a day.
Similarly a student who desires top the class has to
devote most of his time in studying hard. He has to put in time and effort. He
has to plan his schedule in a proper way from day one. Students who study at
the nick of time end up getting bad scores.
