Jan 16, 2008 23:12
"The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." Tom Waits, in "Step Right Up," off of Small Change (1976).
"In peace, sons bury fathers, but in war, fathers bury sons." Croesus, in Herodotus's The Histories, 1.87.
"Until [a man] is dead, keep the word "happy" in reserve. Till then, he is not happy, but only lucky." Solon, in Herodotus's The Histories, 1.32.
And now, I go to make baked apples. Yay.
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