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Robert Burns

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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Life Myself Obstacle Path Road Struggle
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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Brave Dare Fear Honesty
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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Fools Right Rule Son Wisdom
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
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Liberty Lying Paint Poet
Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Gift Ourselves Power See
Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Human Mourning Silver
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Disappointment One Liner Worst
Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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Play Red Rose
Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Change Law Nature
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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Hope Yourself
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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Dare Death Fear Himself Honesty Man Music Sing
To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Happiness Human Life True Wife
Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Death Ourselves Team
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Silver Wine
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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Integrity Meaning Mindset Performance
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Bath Flower Ourselves Violence
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
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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One Liner Short
God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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Be Yourself God Myself Personality
Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Danger Devil Face Inspirational
To step aside is human.
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Human One Liner
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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Fools Freedom Ourselves Power
When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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Cold Forest November Winds
I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Domination Myself Nature Social Sorry True
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Philosophy Uncertain
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

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