Famous quotes containing the words black, bears and/or rarely:
“I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Song of Solomon 1:5.
“The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounce it true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)