Maxioms by Ben Jonson
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long read more
It is not growing like a tree
In bulk, doth make man better be;
Or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere:
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it falls and die that night--
It was the plant and flower of Light.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
They that know no evil will suspect none.
The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.
The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.
If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.
If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.
