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Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
Make all fair allowance for the mistakes of youth.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
Love, well thou know'st no partnership allows,
Cupid averse rejects divided vows.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
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!
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
