Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.
Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.
