Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
ROBERT BURNSMankind is a science that defies definitions.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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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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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
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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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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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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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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won’t accept your thanks for murder.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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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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Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
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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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God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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