The trout in yonder wimpling burn – That glides, a silver dart, – And, safe beneath the shady thorn, – Defies the anglers art.
ROBERT BURNSO, 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.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav’n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
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How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change.
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Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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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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