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A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
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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!
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
That which sufficeth is not little.
That which sufficeth is not little.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
A Horse made, and a man to make.
A Horse made, and a man to make.
