Maxioms by Robert Burton
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, read more
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
For idleness is an appendix to nobility.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
