A drop of honey can catch more flies than a gallon of gall.

A drop of honey gathers more flies than a gallon of gall

Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Remember what Lincoln said: ‘A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.

They attracted Hurricanes and Spitfires as honey attracts flies.

Only make yourself honey and the flies will suck you.

"The Flies And The Honey-Pot

A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, "O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves." Pleasure bought with pains, hurts."

Drink! The flies have not spoilt my vintage; the vines were dry before they came.

574. A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre.

I take two glasses of water and four spoons of pure honey.

In 1895 the writer became interested in the study of the . Breeding-cage experiments with some detail later on in this paper early convinced him that is the favorite food of this species. Even in the presence of kitchen garbage, , and , flies in confinement oviposited exclusively on horse manure. In the absence of the latter substance but in the presence of the others, he noted egg-laying on decaying fruit and on cow dung but the resultant larvæ failed to develop. He considered himself warranted in the statement that probably 95 percent of the flies found in cities come from the piles of horse manure everywhere so prevalent, especially in the vicinity of stables.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?

Candy Is Dandy But liquor Is quicker.