I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
ROBERT BURNSWhen chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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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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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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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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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
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My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
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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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Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
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