Endeavoring to explain these
words upon the lips of such a man as Mark Twain, one can not say that Mark Twain had a melancholy temperament, for he made the whole world laugh.
As Dr. Moffatt says: «Charis had been
long upon the lips of men, and always... it had been one of the shining words that serve the world.
Therefore I turn, and cause the Book to be opened a fourth time: «Men do not desire
blessedness upon their lips, nor truth in their bowels»» And I make no comment about the bowels, But rather allow the completion of the thought, such as it is» «For blessedness is the daughter of tears, and truth is but the son of pain.»
Shameless, Season 4, Episode 7: Guardianship duties
fall upon Lip - who gets some unexpected assistance.
And thus by degrees was lit, half - way down the spine, which is the seat of the soul, not that hard little electric light which we call brilliance, as it pops in and
out upon our lips, but the more profound, subtle and subterranean glow which is the rich yellow flame of rational intercourse.
A prayer for his enemies, the conversion of a fellow victim, and (in John) concern for his mother — these are the utterances that characterize the Dying One; one may at least say of them that they are worthy of his message and in this sense they are not unfairly
placed upon his lips.
One would be forgiven for thinking so upon reading Harriet's description of first meeting Ned: «Such a lovely moment: the first time that I had ever heard my
name upon his lips, and then, that shy, endearing smile that he gave me, after he had spoken.»