Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.
Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies;
And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies;
And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
