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Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
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!
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
