Maxioms by Robert Burton
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . read more
We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes
last is commonly best.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.
