Diana Manister wrote:
> 
> . . . Eliot's assertion that a foetus laughs.

What do you think of the phrase, "blind mouths"?

Of other care they little reck'ning make,
Then how to scramble at the shearers feast,
And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
Blind mouthes! that scarce themselves know how to hold
A Sheep-hook, or have learn'd ought els the least
That to the faithfull Herdmans art belongs!

Or

"A man that studies revenge keeps his own wounds green."
		Bacon

"I do not ask much: / I beg cold comfort." --Shakespeare

"The Oriel Common Room stank of logic" --Cardinal Newman

"The voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses" --e.e. cummings

Carrol