Maxioms by George Herbert
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
A man of great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle and no staff to spin.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
Shewa good man his errour and he turnes it to a vertue, but an
ill, it doubles his fault.
