Maxioms by Oliver Goldsmith
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care
Is to seem everything but what they are.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe,
That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me read more
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe,
That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
