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Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Just taking it one day at a time.
Just taking it one day at a time.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
Thinke of ease, but worke on.
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!
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
