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By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
He has hay upon his horn. [He is a mischievous person.]
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.