A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
ROBERT BURNSHope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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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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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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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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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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