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A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in read more
To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat
Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
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!
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
