But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be mercifu...l to me, a sinner!'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly democr...atic; for democracy, rightly understood, is the government of the people, by the people, for the benefit of Senators, and there is always a danger that the British Minister may not understand this political principle as he should.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all for popular sayings.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, ...reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands,... Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »