Maxioms by Edward Young
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly read more
Can wealth give happiness? look round and see
What gay distress! what splendid misery!
Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour,
The mind annihilates, and calls for more.
The melancholy ghosts of dead renown,
Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause.
The melancholy ghosts of dead renown,
Whispering faint echoes of the world's applause.
