The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
ROBERT BURNSThe best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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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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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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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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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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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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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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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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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou’d sae kindly, Had we never lou’d sae blindly, Never met – or never parted – We had ne’er been broken hearted.
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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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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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