Maxioms by John Dryden
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
Look around the habitable world, how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
Look around the habitable world, how few
Know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
But genius must be born, and never can be taught.
Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;
Successful crimes alone are justified.
Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;
Successful crimes alone are justified.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
