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One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Let those love now, who never loved before,
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
There are more men threatned then stricken.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
Good words quench more then a bucket of water.
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a read more
But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall,
Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and
drained.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way read more
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.