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He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of
triumph.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In read more
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
Poverty is the mother of health.
Poverty is the mother of health.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
In neglected fields the fern grows, which must be cleared out by
fire.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.