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My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV).
My uncle never met an animal he didn't want to kill.
(on Book TV).
We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when read more
We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.
The Texas 'redistricting' has
outed Tom Delay.
The Texas 'redistricting' has
outed Tom Delay.
Government is force, legalized plunder.
Government is force, legalized plunder.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake read more
A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'Tis but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.
The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs,,
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings
Mirth is mail of anguish,
In which its cautious arm
Lest anybody spy the blood
And, you're hurt exclaim.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
70 pheasants shot in Rolling Rock
by Dick Cheney who's not in Iraq.
70 pheasants shot in Rolling Rock
by Dick Cheney who's not in Iraq.