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He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
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!
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
