Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Art thou a friend to Roderick?
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
I cannot tell how the truth may be;
I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
