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Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Building and marrying of Children are great wasters.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
A rugged stone growes smooth from hand to hand.
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
