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Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
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.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Dearths foreseene come not.
Dearths foreseene come not.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]