Maxioms by John Gay
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
By outward show let's not be cheated;
An ass should like an ass be treated.
All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.
All in the Downs are fleet was moor'd.
Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round,
And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?
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Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round,
And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?
No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain;
It only serves to prove the living vain.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.
