Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
ROBERT BURNSIt ‘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.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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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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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav’n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
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Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
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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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My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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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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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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