“Men are often praized for their sagassity, but all the fore sight in the world kant tell a dubble yelked egg untill it iz broken.”
Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)
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American humorist 1818–1885Related quotes
“All right, I can see the broken eggs. Now where's this omelette of yours?”
After visiting Russia, to the pro-Leninist sentiment in the global left.
Attributed
“Broken oaths are bad luck eggs.”
That was so weird, I did not know what to say. So I said, “Eggs?”
“They hatch bad luck.”
Source: Orphans of Chaos (2005), Chapter 5, “To Walk with Owls” Section 3 (p. 86)
“Thare iz but phew people in this world underrated.”
Josh Billings: His Works, Complete (1873)
Source: The German State on a National and Socialist Foundation (1923), pp. 117-118
“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world.”
Source: Demian (1919), p. 166
Variant translation: The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world. The bird is flying to God. The name of the God is called Abraxas.
As translated by W. J. Strachan
Context: The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God's name is Abraxas.