Maxioms by Charles Churchill
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events.
A joke's a very serious thing.
A joke's a very serious thing.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.
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.
