Robert Burns Quotes

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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn.
Man was made to Mourn.

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His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony:
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither—
They had been fou for weeks thegither.

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But, oh! fell death's untimely frost,
That nipt my flower sae early.

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Green grow the rashes, O;
Green grow the rashes, O;
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend
Are spent among the lasses, O.

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The minister kiss'd the fiddler's wife,
An' could na preach for thinkin' o't.

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Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

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Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.

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Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary fu' o' care!
Thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird,
That wantons thro' the flowering thorn!
Thou minds me o' departed joys,
Departed never to return.

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Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valor, the country of worth! Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

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Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body
Need a body cry?

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Where sits our sulky, sullen dame,
Gathering her brows like gathering storm,
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.

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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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Here, some are thinkin' on their sins,
An' some upo' their claes.

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I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like a half-drowned stupid wretch condemned to labor unceasingly in water; but a now-and-then tribute to Bacchus is like the cold bath, bracing and invigorating.

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A fig for those by law protected!
liberty's a glorious feast!
Courts for cowards were erected,
Churches built to please the priest.

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John Anderson my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonny brow was brent.

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Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash;
Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash;
Some rhyme to court the countra clash,
An' raise a din;
For me, an aim I never fash;
I rhyme for fun.

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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.

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But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.
Had we never lov'd sae kindly,
Had we never lov'd sae blindly,
Never met—or never parted,
We had ne'er been broken-hearted.

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As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious,
The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

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I pick up favorite quotations, and store them in my mind as ready armor, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

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We labour soon, we labour late,
To feed the titled knave, man;
And a' the comfort we're to get,
Is that ayont the grave, man.

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Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise,
Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name.

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Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn,
What dangers thou canst make us scorn!
Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil;
Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!

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In durance vile here must I wake and weep,
And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.

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Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.

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The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

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May coward shame distain his name,
The wretch that dares not die!

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To make a happy fireside clime
To weans and wife,—
That is the true pathos and sublime
Of human life.

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Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow—
Let us do or die!

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