Robert Burns Quotes, Fun Quotes, Curiosity Quotes

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

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Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.

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Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, All in all, he's a problem must puzzle the devil.

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Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approachesTam maun ride; That hour, o'night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hourTam mounts his beast in.

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Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree, And spreads her sheets o'daisies white Out o'er the grassy lea.

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O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!

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O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.

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The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!

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The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play.

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The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that.

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What's a' your jargon o' your schools, Your Latin names for horns and stools; If honest nature made you fools.

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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.

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The best plans of men and mice often go awry.

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Apropos, is not the Scotch phrase 'Auld Lang Syne' exceedingly expressive? I shall give you the verses on the other sheet. The words of 'Auld Lang Syne' are good, but the music is an old air, the rudiments of the modern tune of that name. ... Dare to be honest and fear no labor. ... Opera is where a man gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings. ... Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure thrill the deepest notes of woe. ... Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

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Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

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By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die!

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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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Oatcakes are a delicate relish when eaten warm with ale.

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Nature's law, That man was made to mourn. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!

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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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