Maxioms by George Herbert
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Were it not for the bone in the legge, all the world would turne
Carpenters (to make them crutches).
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
