Maxioms by Oliver Goldsmith
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
Alike all ages: dames of ancient days
Have led their children through the mirthful maze,
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Alike all ages: dames of ancient days
Have led their children through the mirthful maze,
And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,
Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
The king himself has follow'd her
When she has walk'd before.
