318 Quotes by Robert Burns
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The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley.An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'd joy!(To A Mouse)
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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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I found that old Solomon proved it fair, That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care.
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Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.
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There’s ither poets, much your betters,Far seen in Greek, deep men o’ letters,Hae thought they had ensur’d their debtors,A’ future ages;Now moths deform in shapeless tatters,Their unknown pages.
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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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Some books are lies frae end to end,And some great lies were never penn'd...
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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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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
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