God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting up the rays of science in a fellow’s head whose skull is impervious and inaccessible by any other way than a positive fracture with a cudgel.
ROBERT BURNSAgain rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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To step aside is human.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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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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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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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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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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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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