318 Quotes by Robert Burns
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The fear o’ hell’s a hangman’s whip to haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, let that aye be your border.
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All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn."[Brigs of Ayr]
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What makes the hero truly greatis never, never to despair.
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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;A-chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
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Fortune, if thou’ll but gie me stillHale breeks, a scone, an whisky gill,An’ rowth o’ rhyme to rave at will,Take a’ the rest,An’ deal’t about as thy blind skillDirects thee best.
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We will drain our dearest veins,But they shall be free.
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For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That Man to Man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a' that.
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Dear Sir, I'll gie ye some advice,You'll tak it no uncivil:You shouldna paint at angels, man,But try and paint the Devil.To paint an angel's kittle wark,Wi' Nick there's little danger;You'll easy draw a lang-kent face,But no sae weel a stranger.
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But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever.
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