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.
ROBERT BURNSI have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
More Robert Burns Quotes
-
-
The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
ROBERT BURNS -
Life is but a day at most.
ROBERT BURNS -
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
ROBERT BURNS -
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
ROBERT BURNS -
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
ROBERT BURNS -
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
ROBERT BURNS -
The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
ROBERT BURNS -
There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
ROBERT BURNS -
A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
ROBERT BURNS -
Anticipation forward points the view.
ROBERT BURNS -
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!
ROBERT BURNS -
Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
ROBERT BURNS -
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
ROBERT BURNS -
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.
ROBERT BURNS -
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
ROBERT BURNS