Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.
Truth is no man's slave - but lies - what magnificent servants they make.
... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.
To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty