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Robert Burns

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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Bloom Flower Forever Happiness Moments River
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.
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Atheist God Hide Myself Time
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Best Destroy Planning
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
Life is but a day at most.
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Life One Liner Time
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
If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
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Best Himself Live World
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Person Powerful Rich
When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
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Frame Greatness Human Man Mindset Nature Planning Work
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou’d sae kindly, Had we never lou’d sae blindly, Never met – or never parted – We had ne’er been broken hearted.
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Break Forever Heart Kind Love See
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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Best Count Death Humanity Kind Law Man Nature
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Silver Wine
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Generosity God Heart Kind
Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Death Ourselves Team
A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Himself Man Work
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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Hope Yourself

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