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Oh would some power the gift give us,
to see ourselves as others see us!

Humility Inspirational Learning

Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire.

Nature Teacher Teaching

Now's the day and now's the hour.

Inspirational Life Positive

While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

Children Humorous Kings

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Cockiness Inspirational Uncertainty Of Life

A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.

Average Great Men Men

But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it's bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.

Fall Flower Rivers

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.

Disappointment Grief Pain

Life is but a day at most.

Life Life Is

To see her is to love her,
And love but her forever;
For nature made her what she is,
And never made anither!

Life Love Nature

My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.

Deer Heart Scottish

An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there's another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.

Heart Lying Men

I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.

Drinking Food Stupid

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Being Honest Ethics Honesty

The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

Faith Heart Kind

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Best Laid Plans Men Planning

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

Desperate Faces Matter

My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee still, my dear, Till all the seas gang dry. Till all the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt with the sun; I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands of life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only love. And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my love, Though it were ten thousand mile.

Art Love Is Running

Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.

Meat Thanksgiving Want

Mankind is a science that defies definitions.

Definitions Mankind