The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
ROBERT BURNSThe voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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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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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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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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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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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.
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An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there’s another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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