I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration.
ROBERT BURNSBut to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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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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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.
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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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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!
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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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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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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