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Robert Burns quotes: I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission. I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.
Robert Burns quotes: 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 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.
Robert Burns quotes: Some wee short hour ayont the twal. Some wee short hour ayont the twal.
Robert Burns quotes: If naebody care for me,I'll care for naebody. If naebody care for me,I'll care for naebody.
Robert Burns quotes: Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he. Unmatch'd at the bottle, unconquer'd in war, He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea; No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he.
Robert Burns quotes: Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change. Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.
Robert Burns quotes: God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be. God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.
Robert Burns quotes: Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root. Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.
Robert Burns quotes: Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed. Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed.
Robert Burns quotes: The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art ... The trout in yonder wimpling burn - That glides, a silver dart, - And, safe beneath the shady thorn, - Defies the anglers art ...
Robert Burns quotes: Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn! Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!
Robert Burns quotes: The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.
Robert Burns quotes: 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. 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 quotes: And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation. And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.
Robert Burns quotes: Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil! Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!
Robert Burns quotes: Life is but a day at most. Life is but a day at most.
Robert Burns quotes: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright! They never sought in vain that sought the Lord alright!
Robert Burns quotes: The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
Robert Burns quotes: A gaudy dress and gentle air May slightly touch the heart; But it's innocence and modesty That polishes the dart. A gaudy dress and gentle air May slightly touch the heart; But it's innocence and modesty That polishes the dart.
Robert Burns quotes: It's hardly in a body's pow'r,To keep, at times, frae being sour. It's hardly in a body's pow'r,To keep, at times, frae being sour.
Robert Burns quotes: The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies. The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies.
Robert Burns quotes: O, my luve is like a red, red rose. O, my luve is like a red, red rose.
Robert Burns quotes: Suspense is worst than disappointment. Suspense is worst than disappointment.
Robert Burns quotes: Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring. Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring.
Robert Burns quotes: Suspense is worse than disappointment. Suspense is worse than disappointment.
Robert Burns quotes: But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad,The heart benevolent and kindThe most resembles God. But deep this truth impress'd my mind:
Thro' all His works abroad,
The heart benevolent and kind
The most resembles God.
Robert Burns quotes: Humid seal of soft affections,Tend'rest pledge of future bliss,Dearest tie of young connections,Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. 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 quotes: Even thou who mournst the daisies fate, that fate is thine. Even thou who mournst the daisies fate, that fate is thine.
Robert Burns quotes: Mankind is a science that defies definitions. Mankind is a science that defies definitions.
Robert Burns quotes: Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart? Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?
Robert Burns quotes: Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale. Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale.
Robert Burns quotes: There's some are fou o' love divine; There's some are fou o' brandy. There's some are fou o' love divine; There's some are fou o' brandy.
Robert Burns quotes: Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto! Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!
Robert Burns quotes: The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,He dearly loved the lasses, O. The wisest man the warl' e'er saw,
He dearly loved the lasses, O.
Robert Burns quotes: Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame. Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.
Robert Burns quotes: When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare. When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare.
Robert Burns quotes: My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither. My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.
Robert Burns quotes: That hour o' night's black arch the keystane. That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.
Robert Burns quotes: See Social-life and Glee sit down,All joyous and unthinking,Till, quite transmugrified, they're grownDebauchery and Drinking See Social-life and Glee sit down,
All joyous and unthinking,
Till, quite transmugrified, they're grown
Debauchery and Drinking
Robert Burns quotes: We will drain our dearest veins,But they shall be free. We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free.
Robert Burns quotes: A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him. A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.
Robert Burns quotes: The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend. The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.
Robert Burns quotes: Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, that fate is thine. Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, that fate is thine.
Robert Burns quotes: 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. 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.
Robert Burns quotes: His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.
Robert Burns quotes: Painters and poets have liberty to lie. Painters and poets have liberty to lie.
Robert Burns quotes: Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises.
Robert Burns quotes: Some books are lies frae end to end,And some great lies were never penn'd ... Some books are lies frae end to end,
And some great lies were never penn'd ...
Robert Burns quotes: Be Briton still to Britain true,Among oursel's united;For never but by British handsMaun British wrangs be righted. Be Briton still to Britain true,
Among oursel's united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted.
Robert Burns quotes: Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects. Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
Robert Burns quotes: What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Robert Burns quotes: Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.Robert Burns Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
Robert Burns
Robert Burns quotes: Now's the day and now's the hour. Now's the day and now's the hour.
Robert Burns quotes: And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale.
Robert Burns quotes: Now Nature hangs her mantle greenOn every blooming tree,And spreads her sheets o'daisies whiteOut o'er the grassy lea. Now Nature hangs her mantle green
On every blooming tree,
And spreads her sheets o'daisies white
Out o'er the grassy lea.
Robert Burns quotes: It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty. It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.
Robert Burns quotes: O Life! thou art a galling load,Along a rough, a weary road,To wretches such as I! O Life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!
Robert Burns quotes: The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation. 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 quotes: Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose! Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!
Robert Burns quotes: The honest man, though e'er sae poor,Is king o' men, for a' that! The honest man, though e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men, for a' that!
Robert Burns quotes: Great for good, or great for evil. Great for good, or great for evil.
Robert Burns quotes: The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play ... The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play ...
Robert Burns quotes: To step aside is human. To step aside is human.
Robert Burns quotes: All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.[Brigs of Ayr] All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,
Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.
[Brigs of Ayr]
Robert Burns quotes: I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
Robert Burns quotes: In durance vile 1here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep. In durance vile 1here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.
Robert Burns quotes: Anticipation forward points the view. Anticipation forward points the view.
Robert Burns quotes: Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee. Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee.
Robert Burns quotes: And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
Robert Burns quotes: To see her is to love her,And love but her forever;For nature made her what she is,And never made anither! 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Even every ray of hope destroyed and not a wish to gild the gloom. Even every ray of hope destroyed and not a wish to gild the gloom.
Robert Burns quotes: Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie. Go fetch to me a pint o' wine,
An' fill it in a silver tassie.
Robert Burns quotes: 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. 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 quotes: My heart is sair-I dare na tell,My heart is sair for Somebody. My heart is sair-I dare na tell,
My heart is sair for Somebody.
Robert Burns quotes: The best plans of men and mice often go awry. The best plans of men and mice often go awry.
Robert Burns quotes: Again rejoicing Nature seesHer robe assume its vernal huesHer leafy locks wave in the breeze,All freshly steep'd in the morning dews. Again rejoicing Nature sees
Her robe assume its vernal hues
Her leafy locks wave in the breeze,
All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.
Robert Burns quotes: Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
Robert Burns quotes: She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. 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 quotes: Who made the heart, 'tis He aloneDecidedly can try us Who made the heart, 'tis He alone
Decidedly can try us
Robert Burns quotes: Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe. Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.
Robert Burns quotes: As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.
Robert Burns quotes: The golden hours on angel wingsFlew o'er me and my dearie,For dear to me as light and lifeWas my sweet Highland Mary. The golden hours on angel wings
Flew o'er me and my dearie,
For dear to me as light and life
Was my sweet Highland Mary.
Robert Burns quotes: How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
Robert Burns quotes: Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray, A hapless lover courts thy lay, Thy soothing, fond complaining. Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray, A hapless lover courts thy lay, Thy soothing, fond complaining.
Robert Burns quotes: Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme / My barmie noddle's working prime. Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme / My barmie noddle's working prime.
Robert Burns quotes: A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform. A mind that is conscious of its integrity scorns to say more than it means to perform.
Robert Burns quotes: 'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy! 'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!
Robert Burns quotes: When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face. When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.
Robert Burns quotes: I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!
Robert Burns quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O! Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!
Robert Burns quotes: Beauty's of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone! Beauty's of a fading nature. Has a season and is gone!
Robert Burns quotes: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley. The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
Robert Burns quotes: Then gently scan your brotherman,still gentler sister woman, though they may ganga kennin wrang, to step aside is human Then gently scan your brother
man,
still gentler sister woman, though they may gang
a kennin wrang, to step aside is human
Robert Burns quotes: Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body - Need a body cry? Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body - Need a body cry?
Robert Burns quotes: I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart. I am little acquainted with politeness, but I know a good deal of benevolence of temper and goodness of heart.
Robert Burns quotes: I found that old Solomon proved it fair, That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care. I found that old Solomon proved it fair,
That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care.
Robert Burns quotes: Till crash! the cruel coulter pastOut thro' thy cell. Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.
Robert Burns quotes: The best laid plans take 40 years to complete. The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.

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