“I bring you this stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, besmirched, and dishonored from pirate raids in Kiao-Chow, Manchuria, South Africa, and the Phillipines, with her soul full of meanness, her pocket full of boodle, and her mouth full of pious hypocrisies. Give her soap and a towel, but hide the looking-glass.” GivingSoulMouthsSouthGlassesHypocrisyPocketsSouth AfricaSoapPiratePiousMeannessTowelsChristendom Book:Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers Source: Dear Mark Twain: Letters from His Readers
“You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin, you will bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.” IfsSoulBodyLyingCoursesJesusChristLordGoes OnMouthsJesus ChristCursePosterityLord Jesus Christ Author:Anne Hutchinson
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.” WorldWellsMayChildrenSoulCasesHellSweetThousandMouthsEaseHoneyAlasPettyNestsGuardedHivesNectarVexationWasps Book:Emblems divine and moral Source: Emblems divine and moral
“Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.” NeedsHeartSoulHandsMouthsEmptyEcstasyEnchantedUnsatisfiedCreating BeautyEmpty Hands Book:Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces