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.
ROBERT BURNSLearn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
More Robert Burns Quotes
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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The honest man, though e’er sae poor, Is king o’ men, for a’ that!
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Nature’s law, That man was made to mourn. Man’s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man’s dearest friend, The kindest and the best!
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To step aside is human.
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Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
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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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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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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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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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The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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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 mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
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The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
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