The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 1
Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 1
What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses O. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we have meat, and we can eat - And let the Lord be thanked. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
I want someone to laugh with me, someone to be grave with me, someone to please me and help my discrimination with his or her own remark, and at times, no doubt, to admire my acuteness and penetration. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Ye hypocrites! are these your pranks? To Murder men, and give God thanks? Desist for same! proceed no further: God won't accept your thanks for Murther! Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Gi'e me a spark o' Nature's fire that's a' the learning I desire. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
But human bodies are sic fools, For a' their colleges and schools, That when nae real ills perplex them, They make enow themsel's to vex them. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my Dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
The heart and benevolent and kind the most resembles God. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might have led me God of love only knows where. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
He turn'd him right and round about / Upon the Irish shore; / And gae his bridle-reins a shake, / With adieu for evermore, / My dear,/ Adieu for evermore. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
Their sighing , canting , grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, and half-mile graces. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0
There was three Kings into the east, / Three kings both great and high, / And they hae sworn a solemn oath / John Barleycorn should die. Robert Burns Scottish Poet More Robert Burns Quotes 0