Maxioms by Edward Young
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
What most we wish, with ease we fancy near.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
Titles are marks of honest men, and wise:
The fool or knave that wears a title lies.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
A land of levity is a land of guilt.
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
