Like silver lamps in a distant shrine, The stars are sparkling bright The bells of the city of God ring out, For the Son of Mary is born to-night. The gloom is past And the morn at last Is coming with orient light....
Carols
It takes half your life to learn who your friends are and the other half to keep them.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about life, americans
The first half of the night, think of your own faults; the second half, the faults of others.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night
Think about your own faults during the first half of the night, and the faults of others during the second half.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about night
The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.
Proverbs and old sayings French about longing, life
As to flowers, when half open; as to sake, when a person is half tipsy.
Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about flowers, people
You can’t cook one half of a chicken and expect the other half to lay eggs.