“Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.”
Charles Dudley Warner
“A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.”
Aesop
“Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”
Carl Sandberg
“Onions can make ev'n Heirs and Widows weep”
Benjamin Franklin
“Onion soup sustains. The process of making it is somewhat like the process of learning to love. It requires commitment, extraordinary effort, time, and will make you cry.”
Ronni Lundy
“Give even an onion graciously”
Afghan Proverb
“An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.”
Will Rogers
