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O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
Empty Chambers make foolish maides.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
He is not poor who has a competency.
He is not poor who has a competency.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
[Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.]
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
