Don't curse them out and don't lay a hand on them.
After a slaving expedition, Ablass finds himself on a Caribbean island where the indigenous people, their lives destroyed by the conquerors, lay on him a curse that will dog him for ever.
Oil, as another traveler-journalist, Ryszard Kapuscinski, wrote, "is a fairy tale and like every fairy tale, a bit of a lie" -- a curse to peoples who possess it and wallow in corruption and poverty.
But that all changed when they saw you tell a lie, use a curse word, or lose your temper.
I also lay this curse on you: you will always see before you these eyes of mine, and they will make your solitude unbearable, and this shall drag you to your death.
Therein lies the curse visited upon humanity.
Better to lie there and curse his fate, like a man with a broken leg lying in a ditch.
The band's one-sheet doesn't lie: "Annabelle's Curse deftly sways from haunting and ethereal melody to unflinching and unforgettable rhythm and riffs.
Initial hearings in criminal cases are typically scheduling exercises to prepare for trial, but Wednesday's proceedings veered into political theater, as lawyers for a Kremlin-linked company hit by U.S. economic sanctions accused prosecutors of lying and cursed loudly after speaking with them once the hearing ended.
Muslims observe the fast - abstaining from food, drink, smoking, sexual activity and bad behavior including lying or cursing - every day during the month of Ramadan; which does not exactly compare with giving up chocolate for Lent.
