Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
ROBERT BURNSIf there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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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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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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To step aside is human.
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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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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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Life is but a day at most.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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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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God knows, I’m not the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be Just for a screen.
ROBERT BURNS