Maxioms by John Dryden
The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
The love of liberty with life is given,
And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.
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.
Ever a glutton, at another's cost,
But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
Ever a glutton, at another's cost,
But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
A knock-down argument; 'tis but a word and a blow.
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.
