WOULDST thou be free? I think it not, indeed; <br />But if thou wouldst, attend this simple rede: <br />When quite contented }thou canst dine at home <br />Thou shall be free when } <br />And drink a small wine of the march of Rome; <br />When thou canst see unmoved thy neighbour's plate, <br />And wear my threadbare toga in the gate; <br />When thou hast learned to love a small abode, <br />And not to choose a mistress A LA MODE: <br />When thus contained and bridled thou shalt be, <br />Then, Maximus, then first shalt thou be free.<br /><br />Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-maximum/
