The Cat and the Moon The cat went here and there And the moon spun round like a top, And the nearest kin of the moon, The creeping cat, looked up. Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon, For, wander and wail as he would, The pure cold light in the sky ...
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.
If a fool borrows a book cut off his hand; but cut off both hands of the fool who brings it back.
A priest is a man who is called Father by everyone except his own children who are obliged to call him Uncle.
If he keeps on imitating everybody the monkey will one day cut his own throat.
If someone hits you with a stone, hit him with bread; your bread will return to you and his stone will return to him.
A good man, but his mad dog won't let you speak to him.
Copying everybody else all the time, the monkey one day cut his throat,
When Uncle W. G. held out his hand to take my money, I dropped the dead mouse in his hand.
Why does a steward steal? He steals because he's not sure he'll always remain with his master and wants to make his future secure.
Whatever it was that came over him that night pulled a cord—her laugh, or her surprise gasp slipping out to think he’d do something so bold.
What is your collective GPA for this year?” “Not as high as I'd like it to be.” Freud steepled his fingers in front of his mouth. “What about your parents?” “I don't know. They haven't been in school for a while.
The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present…yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable.
Well, whatever happened here today...' he said, turning back to Popescu and donning his own sunglasses so he could discreetly cast his gaze over her figure,'...it was only the beginning.
I settle for a radio station that’s currently playing a Tom Waits track. That man has so much gravel in his voice that, if he coughed, you could build a road with the contents of his phlegm.
The man in 4B wondered if he could have your autograph. He told me his daughter is a huge fan.” Dylan lifted himself up and looked over the back of his seat.
Revolution from above, in some states and cases, is [...] often preferable to the status quo, or to no revolution at all.
The belief that the world was created yesterday seems to hold great appeal to those born at that time.
I know what it feels like to miss everything about him--the way he smells, the way his mouth curls up when he laughs, his voice.
