Maxioms by Ben Jonson
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Her treading would not bend a blade of grass,
Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!
Her treading would not bend a blade of grass,
Or shake the downy blow-ball from his stalk!
It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. read more
It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest;
Would thou could'st make the time to do so too;
I'll wind thee up no more.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise
man speaks.
To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise
man speaks.
