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A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The woman that deliberates is lost.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
No one can have all he desires.
No one can have all he desires.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
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!