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The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
The tree that growes slowly, keepes it selfe for another.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the read more
If you live according to the requirements of nature, you will
never be in want; if according to the fashions of the world you
will never be rich.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
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!
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
He who surpasses or subdues mankind,
Must look down on the hate of those below.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
Three helping one another, beare the burthen of sixe.
