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For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
Just staying one day ahead of yesterday.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.