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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Robert Burns

Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
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Best Count Death Humanity Kind Law Man Nature
But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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Fact Fight Life
O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion.
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Fools Freedom Ourselves Power
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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Best Destroy Planning
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
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Best Joy Leaving Man Pain Promise
Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Book End Lying One Liner
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Best Man Planning Wasted
Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Danger Devil Face Inspirational
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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Fear God Mindset Responsibility Temptation Yourself
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Silver Wine
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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Hands Right True Unity
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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Gold Life Light Myself Wings
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Person Powerful Rich
Life is but a day at most.
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Life One Liner Time
Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Desire Learning Nature Spark
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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Blessing Friendship God Goodness Love Poetry Time
When 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.
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Frame Greatness Human Man Mindset Nature Planning Work
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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Generosity God Heart Kind
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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Dare Death Fear Himself Honesty Man Music Sing
And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
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Herself Light Pass Run Thinking
There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Brand Divine Love
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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Dreams Fantasy Heart Myself Yourself
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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Admire Life Love Morning Nature Night Sun
Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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Fall Moments River Snow
Anticipation forward points the view.
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One Liner Point View
The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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Cry Death Loud Nature Sky Voice
Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Change Law Nature

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