
“Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.”
Old saying in Randland
(15 October 1994)
Maxim no. 34.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)
“Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.”
Old saying in Randland
(15 October 1994)
“While people will cheer on the spectacle we've made
I'm sitting and sculpting menageries of saints.”
"Jesus Saves, I Spend"
Marry Me (2007)
"Ode to Me", (p. 134)
Collected Poems, 1944-1979 (1979)
The Ecchoing Green, st. 1
1780s, Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Chapter 1, The Trolley Car That Ran By Ebbets Field, p. 36
The second manner of Cheer is Ruth and Compassion: and this sheweth He, with sureness of Keeping, to all His lovers that betake them to His mercy. The third is the Blissful Cheer, as it shall be without end: and this was oftenest and longest-continued.
The Sixteenth Revelation, Chapter 71
As quoted in "King of the Hill" by Kelli Anderson in Sports Illustrated (5 August 2002) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2002/sportsman/flashbacks/lance/king_of_the_hill
“The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.”
Pearls of Wisdom