We are all born with the same mark below,
And the bigger it is, the more we know:
If you could see it, soon would nature show
All the great wonders she can do for us.
Therefore, be willing, ladies, all of you,
To learn the harm that these our snakes can do,
And all the remedies that you should know
In order to escape some bad distress
-- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), "Snake Charmers"
And the bigger it is, the more we know:
If you could see it, soon would nature show
All the great wonders she can do for us.
Therefore, be willing, ladies, all of you,
To learn the harm that these our snakes can do,
And all the remedies that you should know
In order to escape some bad distress
-- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), "Snake Charmers"
Related:
- So Richard and I decided to try to catch [the small shark].
With a great deal of strategy and effort and shouting, we managed to maneuver the shark, over the course of about a half-hour, to a sort of corner of the lagoon, so that it had no way to escape other than to flop up onto the land and evolve.... - You will soon be able to do all the things sane people can do.
- If you do not know where you are going, you can take almost any road, in
whatever direction, and it will get you there.
Of course, when you get there you will be no more lost than you were when you were here.... - Joey: All right. [gets up]
Monica: [stopping him] No!
Joey, we swore we'd never tell! Chandler: [running over and joining Monica] They'll never understand!... - Ned: OK, folks, look: I called the police captain in Shelbyville.
He says he hasn't seen our kids, but if they show up in the morgue, he'll fax us.... - We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do good,
good will be done to you
but if you do evil, the same will be measured back to you again....
