Some books are lies frae end to end.
ROBERT BURNSThe best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi’ usquebae, we’ll face the devil!
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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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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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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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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God knows, I’m not the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be Just for a screen.
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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o’ the morn.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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