Maxioms by Edward Young
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one;
All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one;
All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
And can eternity belong to me,
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
And can eternity belong to me,
Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.