We can believe in a liar’s invitation to dinner,
when we have had a meal out of him; to
trust him otherwise would be a mistake. A female
rope-dancer touches the sky in sport; but does she
thereby reach the everlasting regions? We see
riders and horses prancing on the clouds; but
would they endure on a field of battle? Tuka
says, Such is the life of the contentious; when
they speak, they bring shame on themselves.
when we have had a meal out of him; to
trust him otherwise would be a mistake. A female
rope-dancer touches the sky in sport; but does she
thereby reach the everlasting regions? We see
riders and horses prancing on the clouds; but
would they endure on a field of battle? Tuka
says, Such is the life of the contentious; when
they speak, they bring shame on themselves.