Maxioms by Samuel Butler
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.
If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
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If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in Honour's truckle-bed.
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
For truth is precious and divine;
Too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
