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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!
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
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.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
