“Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave”
James Russell Lowell
“For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.”
Bible
“God had one Son without sin, but not a single child without the rod”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.”
“The selfish smiling fool, and the sullen frowning fool, shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.”
William Blake
“Rod Stewart, Eiton John and I were going to form a band called Hair, Nose and Teeth after the three of us. But it hasn't happened because none of us can agree on the order of the words!”
Freddie Mercury
“I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.”
Ken Kesey
