Maxioms by William R. Alger
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap read more
A thousand year a poor man watched
Before the gate of Paradise:
But while one little nap he snatched,
It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?
As two floating planks meet and part on the sea,
O friend! so I met and then drifted from read more
As two floating planks meet and part on the sea,
O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.
