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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
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Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang
To step aside is human.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new,
And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
