The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
ROBERT BURNSThe heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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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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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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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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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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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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It ‘s guid to be merry and wise, It ‘s guid to be honest and true, It ‘s guid to support Caledonia’s cause, And bide by the buff and the blue.
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God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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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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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent
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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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Life is but a day at most.
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Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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Oh my luve’s like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June; Oh my luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune.
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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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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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Anticipation forward points the view.
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