very old saying

[moppy]

Hope someone can help. Many years ago someone told me a saying and i can only remember the last part which was - and see myself as others see me. many thanks for any help

[jno]

there's this, the last verse of To a Louse by Robert Burns

O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An� foolish notion:
What airs in dress an� gait wad lea�e us,
An� ev�n devotion!

[moppy]

Thank you jno, exactly what i was looking for