Maxioms by Robert Pollok
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
