Little losses amaze, great tame.

Little losses amaze, great tame.

But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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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!

If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
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If the husband once give way
To his wife's capricious sway,
For his breeches he next day
May go to whoop and holloa.

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Common report is not always wrong.

Common report is not always wrong.