Maxioms by John Milton
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou read more
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.
If this fail,
The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,
And earth's base built on stubble.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed.
The unsunn'd heaps
Of miser's treasures.
The unsunn'd heaps
Of miser's treasures.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
