The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.

Half of tradition is a lie.

When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me.

A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer.

If I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned – if I am going to be drowned, why in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate land and trees?

A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.

A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.