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I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator’s workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight.

Robert Burns

Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever.
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Fall Moments River Snow
The wide world is all before us – but a world without a friend.
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Friendship One Liner World
A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
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Himself Man Work
The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
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Best Joy Leaving Man Pain Promise
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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Fools Freedom Ourselves Power
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
Here’s to us, who’s like us Damn few, and they’re all dead.
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Death Ourselves Team
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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Art Burn Silver
Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Liberty Lying Paint Poet
There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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Brand Divine Love
Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
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Critics Fame Path Struggle
Beauty’s of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
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Beautiful Fade Nature Season
The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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Best Planning Time
Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel’s united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.
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Hands Right True Unity
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
Suspense is worst than disappointment.
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Disappointment One Liner Worst

I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator’s workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight.

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I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator’s workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight.

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