Maxioms by Samuel Butler
For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.
For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
Videlicit,
That each man swore to do his best
To damn and perjure all the rest.
Videlicit,
That each man swore to do his best
To damn and perjure all the rest.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
Cheered up himself with ends of verse
And sayings of philosophers.
