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" Dear Sir, I'll gie ye some advice,
You'll tak it no uncivil:
You shouldna paint at angels, man,
But try and paint the Devil.

To paint an angel's kittle wark,
Wi' Nick there's little danger;
You'll easy draw a lang-kent face,
But no sae weel a stranger. "

Robert Burns , Poems and Songs


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Robert  Burns quote : Dear Sir, I'll gie ye some advice,<br />You'll tak it no uncivil:<br />You shouldna paint at angels, man,<br />But try and paint the Devil.<br /><br />To paint an angel's kittle wark,<br />Wi' Nick there's little danger;<br />You'll easy draw a lang-kent face,<br />But no sae weel a stranger.