My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
ROBERT BURNSNow’s the day and now’s the hour.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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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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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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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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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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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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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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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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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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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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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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