Maxioms by Charles Churchill
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
They damn those authors whom they never read.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led,
They damn those authors whom they never read.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
I criticize by creation--not by finding fault.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
