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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.

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.
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Guide Honesty Support True Wisdom
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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Integrity Meaning Mindset Performance
To step aside is human.
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Human One Liner
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Happiness Human Life True Wife
Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
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Desire Enemy Friendship Heart Love Myself Peace Tears
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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Best Friendship Himself Honesty Knowledge Lie Live Man Virtue World
And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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Herself Light Pass Run Thinking
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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Fear God Mindset Responsibility Temptation Yourself
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Best Destroy Planning
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
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Best Joy Leaving Man Pain Promise
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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Dreams Fantasy Heart Myself Yourself
Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Desire Learning Nature Spark
I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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Commission Life Oneself Time
The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Love Man Wisdom
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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Acceptance God Hypocrisy Man Murder Shame Thankful Yourself
When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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Desperate Face

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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