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Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
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!
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
