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Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
So from that spring, whence comfort seem'd to come,
Discomfort swells.
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
[You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
Chuse not an house neere an lnne (viz. for noise) or in a corner
(for filth).
