Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
ROBERT BURNSMy dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav’n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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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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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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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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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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