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We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
In a good house all is quickly ready.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
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!
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
