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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient
for me.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
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!
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
