Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
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.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.
Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.
