Maxioms by Sir Walter Scott
What skilful limner e'er would choose
To paint the rainbow's varying hues,
Unless to mortal it were read more
What skilful limner e'er would choose
To paint the rainbow's varying hues,
Unless to mortal it were given
To dip his brush in dyes of heaven?
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
