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Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
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!
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
