Maxioms by William Cowper
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
Variety's the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
