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He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.
