Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
ROBERT BURNSO Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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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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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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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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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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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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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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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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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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