O wad some Powr the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion.
Excerpt from 'To a Louse on seeing one on a Lady's bonnet at Church'
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 21 July 1796)
To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves. Aldous Huxley