Maxioms by Charles Churchill
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to read more
A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
As you sow, so shall you also reap.
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
No statesman e'er will find it worth his pains
To tax our labours and excise our brains.
