Maxioms by Samuel Butler
The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.
The self-same thing they will abhor. One way, and long another for.
Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
For by his side a pouch he wore,
Replete with strange read more
Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
For by his side a pouch he wore,
Replete with strange hermetic powder
That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder.
He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is read more
One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground
Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
Life is the art of drawing sufficent conclusions from insufficient premises.
