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We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
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!
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
The absent partie is still faultie.
The absent partie is still faultie.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
