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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

Robert Burns

Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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Fall Moments River Snow
I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator’s workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight.
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Beautiful Charm Creation Grace Motion Myself Night Sex
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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heavy Protection Weight
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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Brave Dare Fear Honesty
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Silver Wine
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
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Best Man Planning Wasted
A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Himself Man Work
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
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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Fun Money Myself Name Rhyme Thinking
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Person Powerful Rich
Anticipation forward points the view.
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One Liner Point View
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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Art Burn Silver
A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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Average Greatness Man Power Woman
Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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Hope Yourself
Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep’d in the morning dews.
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Happiness Morning Nature Wind

I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

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