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Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
To make any gain some outlay is necessary.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
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!
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your read more
There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
