O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
ROBERT BURNSSome 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.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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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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Life is but a day at most.
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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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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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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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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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But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
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