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God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
A pittifull looke askes enough.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
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!
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
