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To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
Chill penury repressed their noble rage,
And froze the genial current of the soul.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
