Charles Churchill ( 10 of 47 )
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
And if you mean to profit, learn to please.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
Fashion--a word which knaves and fools may use,
Their knavery and folly to excuse.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
He's of stature somewhat low--
Your hero always should be tall, you know.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown
To saints whose lives are better than his own.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
Friends I have made, whom Envy must commend,
But not one foe whom I would wish a friend.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
