Thieves for their robbery have authority, when judges steal themselves.
—William Shakespeare
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Post #3279
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Post #3278
Suppose thyself a river and a holy pilgrimage in the land of Bharata, of which truth is the water, good actions the banks, and compassion the current ; and then, O son of Pandu, wash thyself therein, for the inward soul is not to be purified by common water.
—Hitopadesa
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Sunday, April 06, 2025
Post #3276
If from a thousand pecks of beans you steal one, my loss indeed in that way is less serious, but not so your crime.
—Horace
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Post #3275
The sailor speaks of winds, and the ploughman of oxen ; the soldier tells his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
—Propertius
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
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