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.
ROBERT BURNSFarewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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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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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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Gie me ae spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.
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Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.
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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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Life is but a day at most.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love’s the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
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Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.
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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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Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom’s root.
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