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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
Or wherefore trace, from what slight cause
Its source one tyrant passion draws,
Till mastering all within.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
When you enter into a house, leave the anger ever at the doore.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
