But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, it’s bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.
ROBERT BURNSSuspense is worst than disappointment.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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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.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Life is but a day at most.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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