Maxioms by Edward Young
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.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
To "leave a sting within a brother's heart.".
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
Fond man! the vision of a moment made!
Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!
Fond man! the vision of a moment made!
Dream of a dream! and shadow of a shade!
