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In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
Hanging and wiving go by destiny.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
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!
