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Nae man can tether time or tide.

Robert Burns

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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Best Friendship Himself Honesty Knowledge Lie Live Man Virtue World
The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Bath Flower Ourselves Violence
Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
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Desire Enemy Friendship Heart Love Myself Peace Tears
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
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
Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Change Law Nature
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Forever Love See
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Philosophy Uncertain
Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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Kind Man Meaning One Liner Science
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Disappointment One Liner Worst
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Generosity God Heart Kind
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Best Man Planning Wasted
Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Gift Ourselves Power See
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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Forever Herself Love Nature See
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Liberty Lying Paint Poet

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