And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
ROBERT BURNSA mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
More Robert Burns Quotes
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And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.
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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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The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
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There’s some are fou o’ love divine; There’s some are fou o’ brandy.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou’d sae kindly, Had we never lou’d sae blindly, Never met – or never parted – We had ne’er been broken hearted.
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The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church’s ban Or hell’s damnation.
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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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Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
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But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.
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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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Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
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Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
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My heart ‘s in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart ‘s in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.
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Some books are lies frae end to end.
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But facts are chiels that winna ding, An’ downa be disputed.
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