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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
It is prudent to learn what to avoid from the misfortunes of
others.
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.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing
else in this world.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.
