Maxioms by Oliver Goldsmith
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
