Maxioms by Samuel Butler
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
To share with knaves in cheating fools.
To live is to love; all reason is against it; instinct is for it.
To live is to love; all reason is against it; instinct is for it.
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and read more
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and take th' alarm,
You bus'ness is but to inform;
But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near,
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
For trouts are tickled best in muddy water.
