Maxioms by Charles Churchill
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
Man and wife,
Coupled together for the sake of strife.
To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.
To vanish nonsense with the charms of sound.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
The oak, when living, monarch of the wood;
The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
