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Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
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!
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to read more
The first degree of folly is to hold ones selfe wise, the second
to professe it, the third to despise counsell.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
Concealed sorrow bursts the heart, and rages within us as an
internal fire.
