318 Quotes by Robert Burns

Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts for ever . . .

Anticipation forward points the view.

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.

The best laid plans take 40 years to complete.

Inspiring bold JohnBarleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil!

I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken Nature's social union.

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

Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the chrystal streamlets plays; Come let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy.

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