Maxioms by George Herbert
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.
Who did leave His Father's throne,
To assume thy flesh and bone?
Had He life, or had read more
Who did leave His Father's throne,
To assume thy flesh and bone?
Had He life, or had He none?
If he had not liv'd for thee,
Thou hadst died most wretchedly
And two deaths had been thy fee.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
