It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
ROBERT BURNSGod help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting up the rays of science in a fellow’s head whose skull is impervious and inaccessible by any other way than a positive fracture with a cudgel.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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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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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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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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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 heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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