Maxioms by Samuel Butler
A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.
A Babylonish dialect
Which learned pedants much affect.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he read more
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
With vollies of eternal babble.
With vollies of eternal babble.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
And he that makes his soul his surety,
I think, does give the best security.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
Like men condemned to thunderbolts,
Who, ere the blow, become mere dolts.
