Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers. |
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person. |
Vain was the chief's, the sage's pride! They had no poet, and they died |
Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt created fear, What darts or poisoned arrows were |
We are all driven into the same fold. |
We are but dust and shadow |
We are free to yield to truth. |
We are just statistics, born to consume resources. |
We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others. |
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest. |
We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. |
We were under the threat of being overrun by an alien force led by the communists, |
What do I do? I've got chain saws, a tractor with a bucket and a backhoe, |
What do I do? I've got chainsaws, a tractor with a bucket and a backhoe, |
What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment. |