The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
ROBERT BURNSCritics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there’s another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.
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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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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
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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.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
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