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Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Count not fowre except you have them in a wallett.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
Hee that strikes with his tongue, must ward with his head.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
A golden key can open any door.
A golden key can open any door.
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius read more
Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe
councils.
[Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]
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!
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.
