To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
ROBERT BURNSOh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow’r, its bloom is shed.
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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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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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To step aside is human.
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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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Anticipation forward points the view.
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I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
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Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won’t accept your thanks for murder.
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She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o’ mine.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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