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A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Care, mad to see a man sae happy,
E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
