Robert Burns on god
Robert Burns86 quotes“God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.”
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns 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.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns 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.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns Life is but a day at most.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
Robert BurnsRobert Burns There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
Robert BurnsRobert Burns
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Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
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