Humorous Sayings

Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?

If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid!

I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.

The world is like a great empty dream. Why should one toil away one's life?

At the grand vermillion gates, wine and meat spoils, while the road outside is paved with frozen bones.

Foolish indeed are those who trust to fortune.

I can't trust those who sneer at us drinking down to the lees: That is the kind of thing which gets a bad name for religion.

Full weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely.

Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before I swore—but was I sober when I swore?

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

I have indeed seen the Great Bird, Rukh, and it was a marvel to behold. Its wings were like mountains, and its cry was like thunder.