Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Our fruitless labours mourn,
And only rich in barren fame return.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.
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.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
