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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Robert Burns

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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Art Burn Silver
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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Integrity Meaning Mindset Performance
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Liberty Lying Paint Poet
Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Gift Ourselves Power See
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Philosophy Uncertain
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Best Destroy Planning
To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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Forever Herself Love Nature See
My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
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Fools Right Rule Son Wisdom
Life is but a day at most.
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Life One Liner Time
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Forever Love See
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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Discrimination Doubt Grave Laughter Myself Time
Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Human Mourning Silver
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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Atheist God Hide Myself Time
Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Book End Lying One Liner
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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Life Myself Obstacle Path Road Struggle
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
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Hands Right True Unity

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