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Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
I hate all children of precocious talent.
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!
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
If you believe everything you read, better not read.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.
