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It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
The sweat of industry would dry and die,
But for the end it works to.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
No man ever properly calculates from time to time what it is his
duty to avoid.
