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An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
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!
