Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in read more
Be noble! and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.
A beggar through the world am I,
From place to place I wander by.
Fill up my read more
A beggar through the world am I,
From place to place I wander by.
Fill up my pilgrim's scrip for me,
For Christ's sweet sake and charity.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
In general those who nothing have to say
Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it.
