Maxioms by John Dryden
Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
Those wanting wit affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men.
To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
To take up half on trust, and half to try,
Name it not faith but bungling bigotry.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun,
Is Nature's eye.
Thespis, the first professor of our art,
At country wakes snug ballads from a cart.
Thespis, the first professor of our art,
At country wakes snug ballads from a cart.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
Ill writers are usually the sharpest censors.
