Some books are lies frae end to end. Robert Burns More Quotes by Robert Burns More Quotes From Robert Burns But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Had we never lou'd sae kindly, Had we never lou'd sae blindly, Never met - or never parted - We had ne'er been broken hearted Robert Burns and-lovebrokenforever I look on the opposite sex with something like the admiration with which I regard the starry sky on a frosty December night. I admire the beauty of the Creator's workmanship, I am charmed with the wild but graceful eccentricity of the motions, and then I wish both of them goodnight. Robert Burns oppositesnightsex Mankind is a science that defies definitions. Robert Burns mankinddefinitions The voice of Nature loudly cries,And many a message from the skies,That something in us never dies. Robert Burns voicemessagessky If there's another world, he lives in bliss; if there is none, he made the best of this. Robert Burns blisslifeworld My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! Robert Burns sweetcountryson Once upon a Lammas Night Robert Burns moonsummernight Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min? Robert Burns funny-new-years-eveshouldfriendship God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be. Robert Burns god-knowsshouldknows How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. Robert Burns favorspowerfulpersons The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Robert Burns best-laid-plansplanningmen The best laid plans take 40 years to complete. Robert Burns best-laid-plansplansyears Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we'll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne. Robert Burns new-yearmindkindness I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence. Robert Burns offensivestrugglemind Anticipation forward points the view. Robert Burns anticipationviews God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting up the rays of science in a fellow's head whose skull is impervious and inaccessible by any other way than a positive fracture with a cudgel. Robert Burns teachingteacherfather Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, Robert Burns fetchsilverwine O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion. Robert Burns embarrassmentblundersfoolish To see her is to love her, Robert Burns naturelovelife And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright. Robert Burns temptationmindnight
