Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
ROBERT BURNSAnd like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
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Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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God knows, I’m not the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be Just for a screen.
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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