Robert Burns Quotes
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Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.
— Robert Burns
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
— Robert Burns
The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.
— Robert Burns
Some books are lies frae end to end.
— Robert Burns
Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
— Robert Burns
If naebody care for me,I'll care for naebody.
— Robert Burns
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
— Robert Burns
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
— Robert Burns
If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.
— Robert Burns
Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
— Robert Burns
All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
Freedom is an idea that no tyrant will ever crush.
— Laurence Overmire
Talent without craft is like fuel without an engine, it burns wildly but accomplishes nothing.
— Robert McKee
When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
— Robert Burns
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
— Robert Burns
Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
— Robert Burns
For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that. — Robert Burns
A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
— Robert Burns
Then gently scan your brotherman,
still gentler sister woman, though they may gang
a kennin wrang, to step aside is human — Robert Burns
Ingersoll is with Homer and Tully and Shakespeare and Burns.
— William Stewart Ross
Beauty's of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
— Robert Burns
But facts are chiels that winna ding,An' downa be disputed. — Robert Burns
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
— Robert Burns
A fig for those by law protected!Liberty's a glorious feast!
Courts for cowards were erected,
Churches built to please the priest! — Robert Burns
But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad,
The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God. — Robert Burns
Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
— Robert Burns
Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale.
— Robert Burns
For in the works of Robert Burns we see the whole cosmos of man's experience and emotion, from zenith to nadir, from birth until death.
— Len G. Murray
Their sighing, canting, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces.
— Robert Burns
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!
— Robert Burns
Humid seal of soft affections,Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,
Dearest tie of young connections,
Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. — Robert Burns
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!
— Robert Burns
She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.
— Robert Burns
Who made the heart, 'tis He aloneDecidedly can try us — Robert Burns
Now's the day and now's the hour.
— Robert Burns
Robert Burns said it best: Life is but a day at most.
— Anne Lamott
The golden hours on angel wingsFlew o'er me and my dearie,
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary. — Robert Burns
Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new.
— Robert Burns
To see her is to love her,And love but her forever;
For nature made her what she is,
And never made anither! — Robert Burns
Nae man can tether time or tide.
— Robert Burns
The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip to haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, let that aye be your border.
— Robert Burns
All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.
— Robert Burns
To make a happy fireside climeTo weans and wife,
That's the true pathos and sublime
Of human life. — Robert Burns
Now Nature hangs her mantle greenOn every blooming tree,
And spreads her sheets o'daisies white
Out o'er the grassy lea. — Robert Burns
Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee.
— Robert Burns
And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
— Robert Burns
All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
[Brigs of Ayr] — Robert Burns
Some hae meat and canna eat,And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit. — Robert Burns
A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might: Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
— Robert Burns
The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
— Robert Burns
My love is like the red red roseThat's newly sprung in June
O my love's like the melody
That's newly played in tune — Robert Burns
Again rejoicing Nature seesHer robe assume its vernal hues
Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steep'd in the morning dews. — Robert Burns
I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart.
— Robert Burns
Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.
— Robert Burns
I found that old Solomon proved it fair, That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care. — Robert Burns
Till crash! the cruel coulter pastOut thro' thy cell. — Robert Burns
The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.
— Robert Burns
Anticipation forward points the view.
— Robert Burns
The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.
— Robert Burns
Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body - Need a body cry?
— Robert Burns
The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation.
— Robert Burns
Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!
— Robert Burns
We two have paddled in the stream,from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since days of long ago. — Robert Burns
Great for good, or great for evil.
— Robert Burns
Sometimes I think I look like I've had facial reconstructive surgery. Like after burns.
— Robert Pattinson
To step aside is human.
— Robert Burns