He sinks, to every wreakful fiend a prey; / His bosom shut to each affection kind; …

A tree, made of ceramic glazed in green and red, dating from the Western Han Dynasty, 63 centimeters high was found in a tomb near Sijiangou of the Jiyuan district in the province of Henan.

The kia-si/kia-su (afraid to die/afraid to lose) attitude of the Totalisator Boards in Malaysia and Singapore is deplorable.

As one writer put it: “Wealth is counted in worldsful of gold.[…]”