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Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear,
Remember Tam o'Shanter's mare.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
Better good afarre off, then evill at hand.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
