Maxioms by Charles Churchill
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
As by the way of innuendo
Lucus is made a non lucendo.
As by the way of innuendo
Lucus is made a non lucendo.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
The more haste, ever the worst speed.
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.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
