Maxioms by Sir John Denham
Nothing happens until something moves.
Nothing happens until something moves.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
Darkness our guide, Despair our leader was.
'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
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'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd
Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world;
That Sun like this (from which our sight we have)
Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.
Uncertain ways unsafest are,
And doubt a greater mischief than despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
Night was our friend, our leader was Despair.
