And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
ROBERT BURNSThe best plans of men and mice often go awry.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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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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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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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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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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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of youth. Few hearts like his with virtue warmed, few heads with knowledge so informed. If there’s another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.
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