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If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
He assigned it to regions more than tropical.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Neither cast your pearls before swine.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
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!
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.
One flower makes no garland.
One flower makes no garland.
