Maxioms by Samuel Butler
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!
Ay me! what perils do environ
The man that meddles with cold iron!
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.
