The mill cannot grind with the water that is past.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The past is a stepping stone, not a millstone.
Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.
Everybody was in struggle, in the grind trying to make it.
Revolutions are not made for export.
There is no time in modern agriculture for a farmer to write a poem or compose a song.
It's tough to know the value of water until it's gone.
Who has not served cannot command.
He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.
Although oil is a commodity, it's still not a commodity like coffee, which, thank God, we will have with us always. At some point the oil will run out.
We had grain but no mills, so I designed a special mill of wood so we could make flour.