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Cradled in a Manger meanly

Cradled in a manger, meanly,
Laid the Son of Man His head;
Sleeping His first earthly slumber
Where the oxen had been fed.
Happy were those shepherds listening
To the holy angel s word;
Happy they within...

Let Earth and Heaven combine

Let earth and heaven combine,
Angels and men agree,
To praise in songs divine
The incarnate Deity,
Our God contracted to a span,
Incomprehensibly made Man.

He laid His glory by,
He wrapped Him in our...

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear...

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost

He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man

Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.

Anyone who has sold an old lady, knows the price of an old man.

Teaching a monkey to eat with a fork and knife will never make it a man.

Be careful when you are sharing a calabash of porridge with a toothless man.

A wind can move the branches of trees but it will never move the head of a man.

People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?

A leopard is such an elusive animal that it can only be caught by the combined force of a man and his father-in-law.

Not he who has many ideas but he who has one conviction may become a great man.

Naught's a naught and figger's a figger - all for the white man and none for the nigger.

An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.

If you hear that a mountain has moved, believe; but if you hear that a man has changed his character, believe it not.

He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise...

The gravity of the earth is so strong that the old grey man walks crooked.

The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them.

Fear the goat from the front, the horse from the rear and man from all sides.