Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
ROBERT BURNSNature’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!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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To step aside is human.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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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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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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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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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
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