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The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
The least strength suffices to break what is bruised.
[Lat., Minimae vires frangere quassa valent.]
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man read more
In that day's feats,
When he might act the woman in the scene,
He prov'd best man i' th' field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the read more
The dousing wand
The lightning rod
Conductor's baton
Will's aligned spine
They find the water,
invoke the lightning
attract the music
and summon angels' aid.
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like read more
O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.
Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.
Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
