Maxioms by Oliver Goldsmith
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
