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!
ROBERT BURNSHow wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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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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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.
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Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.
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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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When chill November’s surly blast Made fields and forests bare.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
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If there’s another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this.
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
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Dare to be honest and fear no labor. … Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
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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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To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife, That’s the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
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Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
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