Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempest are the school of the sailorboy.
—Pietro Metastasio
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- dave
- El Paso, Texas, United States
- Native Texan · Navy Veteran · Various Scars and Tattoos · No Talent, but yet a Character