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.
ROBERT BURNSMan’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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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 voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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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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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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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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