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camel

«As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils.»
«A camel is a horse designed by a committee»
«At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.»
«Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.»
«And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: camel, Isaac, lighted, Rebekah
«And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: camel, girdle, raiment
«And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; / And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: camel, girdle, unloose
«And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: camel, mule, plague, The Mule
«And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! / And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! / It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.»
«At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing.»

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