318 Quotes by Robert Burns

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)

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.

I found that old Solomon proved it fair, That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care.

Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.

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.

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

Some books are lies frae end to end,And some great lies were never penn'd...

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

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.