Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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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Life is but a day at most.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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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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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
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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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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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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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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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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
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To step aside is human.
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