To see ourselves as others see us

To A Louse
...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!-- Robert Burns http://www.bbc.co.uk/robertburns/works/to_a_louse/