Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
Gloomy as night he stands.
Gloomy as night he stands.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
The first in glory, as the first in place.
