 | 1874 - 408 pages
...won't do them any harm, and it may keep them a little within bounds : " Brutes find out where ihcir talents lie : A bear will not attempt to fly ; A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a fivc-barr'd gate. In man we sec the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature. " I Ve seen some... | |
 | George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken - 1900 - 180 pages
...To practice it is lack of sense ! Society, the stupid thing, Is noted for its blundering. 1 ' Beasts find out where their talents lie ; A bear will not attempt to fly. " If Swift lived in this century I'd pity poor Society! He never would its airs applaud; He'd soon... | |
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Brutes find out where their talents lie : A bear will not attempt to fly ; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. 
