Maxioms by John Dryden
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.
For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
For friendship, of itself a holy tie,
Is made more sacred by adversity.
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
They who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write,
Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
