Nae man can tether time or tide.
ROBERT BURNSNow’s the day and now’s the hour.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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God knows, I’m not the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be Just for a screen.
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Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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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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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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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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Now’s the day and now’s the hour.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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