Maxioms by Don Marquis
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to read more
The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Many a man spanks his children for the things his own father should have spanked out of him.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.
An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.
An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.
