Right is not right when coupled with a wrong;
Sweet is not sweet when touched with taint of gall.
(1165)
FRIENDSHIP, SELFISH
The motives of some men in cultivating friendships may be compared to that of the foxes mentioned below:
To see a fox get round the farmer’s dogs, in order to make friends with them, is one of the most astonishing revelations of character. Usually the dogs seem hardly to know at first what to make of his advances, but the fox is pretty certain to succeed in bringing him to his side in the end, and after that they may be seen playing together day after day.—Witmer Stone and William Everett Cram, “American Animals.”
(1166)
FRIGHT
One of the numerous incidents connected with the Sicilian earthquake was the escape of an artilleryman named Gashane Valente at Messina which was remarkable. A tidal-wave swept him from inside the barracks out to sea, where a fishing boat rescued him. He was landed near Messina, and ran without stopping eleven hours, reaching Acireale, fifty-five miles away. Terror gave him the necessary endurance.
(1167)