Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
ROBERT BURNSSome books are lies frae end to end.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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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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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Life is but a day at most.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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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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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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