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" O, wad some Power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us an' foolish notion: what airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, and ev'n Devotion! "
The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 278
by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pages
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Why Smart People Do Dumb Things: Lessons from the New Science of Behavioral ...

Mortimer R. Feinberg, John J. Tarrant - Business & Economics - 1995 - 292 pages
...you are beginning to see in the window. Self-Scoping: fhrough the Window O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion. Robert Burns, "To a Louse" There can be vast differences...
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Was that a Tax Lawyer who Just Flew Over?: From Outside the Offices of ...

Arnold B. Kanter - Law - 1996 - 234 pages
...the Scottish poet, Robert Burns, wrote in his 1786 poem "To a Louse": Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. Lawyers have no better giftie than other professions to see oursels as others see us. Some would say...
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Free Trade: 1793-1886, Volume 3

Lars Magnusson - Commerce - 1997 - 264 pages
...Letters in Reply to the London Times Henry Carey Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To se oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. - BURNS The first four of these letters were sent to a friend in London, in the...
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The Cockroach Basketball League: A Novel

Charley Rosen - Fiction - 1998 - 292 pages
...Savannah by unanimous vote." Clearing my throat, I recite the following: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us.' It wad frae...in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion! "What is that?" Chet is astounded. "It's Jewish." "I swear, y'all're nuttier than a nut cake. Say,...
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Personality

Cary L. Cooper, Lawrence A. Pervin - 672 pages
...louse crawling on her in church, wrote: O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, an' foolish...notion. What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, an ev'n devotion! George Mead (1934) expanded upon Cooley's looking-glass self. He noted that the self-concept...
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Book of Humorous Quotations

Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...them cant about DECORUM, Who have characters to lose. 728 'To a Louse' O wad some Pow'r the gift ie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion. 729 (said shortly before his death) Don't let the awkward...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Quotations

Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...load, Along a rough, a weary road. To wretches such as I. 1828 'To a Louse' O wad some Pow'r the giftie nour springs. 7018 Tamburlaine the Great Ah fair Ze mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion. 1829 'Man was made to Mourn' Man's inhumanity to man Makes...
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The Parables of Jesus

William Barclay - Religion - 1999 - 228 pages
...spirit. Burns was right when he wrote: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us. An' foolish...notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion! It would often be a salutary experience to know what others are thinking of us....
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Brands, Consumers, Symbols and Research: Sidney J Levy on Marketing

Sidney J. Levy - Business & Economics - 1999 - 612 pages
...PhoIoeiciIaIion Technique Deborah D. Hersley Sidney J. Levy Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, an' foolish notion. —Robert Burns, 1786 This article presents a literature review that explains the antecedents and values...
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Why Scottish Philosophy Matters

Alexander Broadie - Philosophy - 2000 - 116 pages
...was sitting in church, and what he makes of the incident is pure Smith: O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae...in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion! (To a Louse, stanza 8) It is hard to believe that Burns did not have Smith's words in mind, but in...
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