“The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.”
Robert Burns
Collected Poems of Robert Burns
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“In proving foresight may be vain:The best-laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft agley,An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,For promis'd joy!”
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