For she has made me the laily worm That lies at the fit o' the tree,... An' my sister Masery she's made The machrel of the sea.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the hu...man heart.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The more I live here in western Europe, the more I am impressed by the sense of decay;Mnot the graceful and dignified decay of an ...oriental, but the vulgar and sordid decay of a bankrupt cotton-mill.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative... dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man t...o a worm.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »