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To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
Better a bad excuse, than none at all.
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!
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
