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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!
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
Speake not of a dead man at the table.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
Let not him that feares feathers come among wild-foule.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
