Onion Prose

"Onion skins very thin,
Mild winter coming in.
Onion skins very tough,
Coming winter very rough."
-old English rhyme

"Life is like an onion.
You peel it off one layer at a time;
And sometimes you weep."
-Carl Sandburg, American poet

"For this is every cook's opinion,
No savoury dish without an onion;
But lest your kissing should be spoiled,
Your onions should be thoroughly boiled."
-Jonathon Swift, Irish satirist