Maxioms by David Garrick
Cards were at first for benefits designed,
Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
Cards were at first for benefits designed,
Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run.
Let others hail the rising sun:
I bow to that whose course is run.
Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.
Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
Corrupted freemen are the worst of slaves.
Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse,
As undertakers walk before the hearse.
Prologues precede the piece in mournful verse,
As undertakers walk before the hearse.
