Maxioms by Joseph Addison
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer
Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow
From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own read more
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
