The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
ROBERT BURNSShe is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Some rhyme a neebor’s name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu’ cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An’ raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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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 take 40 years to complete.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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The golden hours on angel wings Flew o’er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary.
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To step aside is human.
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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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Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry. Friendship had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might have led me – God of love only knows where.
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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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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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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