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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.


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

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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.



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

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



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

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



Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.



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.

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.





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