But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
ROBERT BURNSBe Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
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Nae man can tether time or tide.
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Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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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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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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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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When Nature her great masterpiece designed,And framed her last, best work, the human mind,Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan,She formed of various stuff the various Man.
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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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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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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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To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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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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