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When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

Robert Burns

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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Best Friendship Himself Honesty Knowledge Lie Live Man Virtue World
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Disappointment One Liner Worst
What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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Admire Life Love Morning Nature Night Sun
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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Health Heaven Myself Peace Warm
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Forever Love See
Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.
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Character Complaint Coward Endurance Myself Possession
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Liberty Lying Paint Poet
To step aside is human.
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Human One Liner
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry. Friendship had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might have led me – God of love only knows where.
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Blessing Friendship God Goodness Love Poetry Time
God knows, I’m no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
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Be Yourself God Myself Personality
The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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Love Man Wisdom
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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Frame Greatness Human Man Mindset Nature Planning Work
There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Brand Divine Love
Some books are lies frae end to end.
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Book End Lying One Liner
I’m truly sorry man’s dominion has broken Nature’s social union.
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Domination Myself Nature Social Sorry True
Go fetch to me a pint o’ wine, An’ fill it in a silver tassie.
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Silver Wine

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