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Favour will as surely perish as life.
Favour will as surely perish as life.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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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!
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
France is a meddow that cuts thrice a yeere.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
