Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
ROBERT BURNSThe snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
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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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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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