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It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
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.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
