The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
ROBERT BURNSA mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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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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The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
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To step aside is human.
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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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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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
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My 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!
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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