The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
ROBERT BURNSThe voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
ROBERT BURNSWhen 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.
ROBERT BURNSThe honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
ROBERT BURNSSome wee short hour ayont the twal.
ROBERT BURNSDare to be honest and fear no labor.
ROBERT BURNSThe trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
ROBERT BURNSFarewell, 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.
ROBERT BURNSThe wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
ROBERT BURNSPrudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
ROBERT BURNSSuspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
ROBERT BURNSThe best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
ROBERT BURNSI pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
ROBERT BURNSHere’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
ROBERT BURNSMan’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
ROBERT BURNSTo see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
ROBERT BURNSThe best plans of men and mice often go awry.
ROBERT BURNS