Robert Burns Quotes

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The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name!

Robert Burns
Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.

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Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae farewell, alas, forever!

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While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,
The fate of empires and the fall of kings;
While quacks of State must each produce his plan,
And even children lisp the Rights of Man;
Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention,
The Rights of Woman merit some attention.

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A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might,
Guid faith, he mauna fa' that.

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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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My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!

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And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.

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

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

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

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

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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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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

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Beauty's of a fading nature
Has a season and is gone!

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She is a winsome wee thing,
She is a handsome wee thing,
She is a lo'esome wee thing,
This sweet wee wife o' mine.

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The fear o' hell 's a hangman's whip
To haud the wretch in order;
But where ye feel your honour grip,
Let that aye be your border.

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Stern Ruin's plowshare drives elate,
Full on thy bloom.

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Misled by fancy's meteor ray,
By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray
Was light from heaven.

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There's nought but care on ev'ry han',
In every hour that passes, O:
What signifies the life o' man,
An' 't were nae for the lasses, O.

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Dweller in yon dungeon dark,
Hangman of creation, mark!
Who in widow weeds appears,
Laden with unhonoured years,
Noosing with care a bursting purse,
Baited with many a deadly curse?

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His locked, lettered, braw brass collar,
Shew'd him the gentleman and scholar.

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But Mousie, thou art no thy lane In proving foresight may be vain The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain For promis'd joy!

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I waive the quantum o' the sin,
The hazard of concealing:
But, och! it hardens a' within,
And petrifies the feeling!

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

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

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