318 Quotes by Robert Burns

Gars auld claes look amaist as weel’s the new.

The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain’d his name!

Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won’t accept your thanks for murder.

As Tammie glow’red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.

Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. – Robert Burns.

By Oppression’s woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty’s in every blow! Let us do or die!

There is nothing in the whole frame of man which seems to me so unaccountable as that thing called conscience.

In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.

The appellation of a Scottish Bard is by far my highest pride; to continue to deserve it is my most exalted ambition.