Maxioms by William R. Alger
The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.
The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
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A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,--
Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
A blue eye is a true eye;
Mysterious is a dark one,
Which flashes like a spark-sun!
A black eye is the best one.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation
Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,
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Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation
Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,
And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication
Which is more sober far than all sobriety.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.
