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Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
Renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of
the world.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word read more
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of God.
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small read more
When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"
"Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well,"
answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within read more
"Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well,"
answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her,
"we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve."
Acorns were good till bread was found.
Acorns were good till bread was found.