Maxioms by Robert Burton
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
They are proud in humility, proud in that they are not proud.
See one promontory (said Socrates of old) one mountain, one sea,
one river, and see all.
See one promontory (said Socrates of old) one mountain, one sea,
one river, and see all.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
Like the watermen that row one way and look another.
