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The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
Seeing is different than being told.
Seeing is different than being told.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
Flies are busiest about leane horses.
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 tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
