Maxioms by William Shakespeare
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes read more
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all read more
His legs bestrid the ocean: his reared arm
Crested the world: his voice was propertied
As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends;
But when he meant to quail and shake the orb,
He was as rattling thunder.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!