Robert Burns Quotes, Pain Quotes, Grief Quotes

But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! Still you are blest, compared with me!

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The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O.

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Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

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My Son, these maxims make a rule An lump them ay thegither: The Rigid Righteous is a fool, The Rigid Wise anither.

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

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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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Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear.

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I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

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If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale

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Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and justice!

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Such is the fate of simple Bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd

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Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead.

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The heart that is generous and kind most resembles God.

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Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

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Mankind is an unco squad And muckle he may grieve thee.

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Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!

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A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him.

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Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie.

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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

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Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

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