Maxioms by Samuel Butler
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
H' had got a hurt
O' th' inside of a deadlier sort.
H' had got a hurt
O' th' inside of a deadlier sort.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.
The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for read more
The trenchant blade Toledo trusty.
For want of fighting was grown rusty,
And ate into itself for lack
Of somebody to hew and hack.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
