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Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.
Whatsoever has exceeded its proper limit is in an unstable
position.