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Robert Burns
173 quotes
“Gin a body meet a body Comin thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body, Need a body cry?”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1784 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Comin' Thro' the Rye, st. 2 (1784)
“Wee, sleekit, cow'rin', tim'rous beastie, O what a panic's in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle!”
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Recorded in: To a Mouse, st. 1 (1785)
“I'm truly sorry Man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An' fellow-mortal!”
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Recorded in: To a Mouse, st. 2 (1785)
“The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.”
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Recorded in: To a Mouse, st. 7 (1785)
“O L--d thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singin' there, and dancin' here, Wi' great an' sma'; For I am keepet by thy fear, Free frae them a'. But yet—O L--d—confess I must— At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust... O L--d—yestreen thou kens—wi' Meg— Thy pardon I sincerely beg! O may 't ne'er be a living plague, To my dishonour! And I'll ne'er lift a lawless leg Again upon her.”
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Recorded in: Holy Willie's Prayer (1785)
“All in this mottie, misty clime, I backward mus'd on wasted time, How I had spent my youthfu' prime An' done nae-thing, But stringing blethers up to rhyme For fools to sing.”
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Recorded in: The Vision (1785)
“When chill November's surly blast Made fields and forests bare.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1786 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Man Was Made to Mourn, st. 1 (1786)
“Nature's law, That man was made to mourn.”
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Recorded in: Man Was Made to Mourn, st. 4 (1786)
“Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn.”
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Recorded in: Man was Made to Mourn, st. 7 (1786)
“O Death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!”
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Recorded in: Man was made to Mourn, st. 11 (1786)
“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.”
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Recorded in: First Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 13 (1786)
“For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfills great Nature's plan, And none but he!”
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Recorded in: Second Epistle to J. Lapraik, st. 15 (1786)
“On ev'ry hand it will allowed be, He's just—nae better than he should be.”
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Recorded in: A Dedication to G[avin] H[amilton], st. 4 (1786)
“It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour.”
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Recorded in: Epistle to Davie, st. 2 (1786)
“Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.”
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Recorded in: The Vision, II, st. 18 (1786)
“And like a passing thought, she fled In light away.”
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Recorded in: The Vision (1786)
“His lockèd, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman an' scholar.”
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Recorded in: The Twa Dogs, l. 13 (1786)
“An' there began a lang digression About the lords o' the creation.”
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Recorded in: The Twa Dogs, l. 45 (1786)
“Rejoiced they were na men, but dogs.”
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Recorded in: The Twa Dogs, l. 236 (1786)
“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. What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us An' ev'n Devotion”
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Recorded in: To a Louse, st. 8 (1786)
“Wee, modest, crimson-tippèd flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonie gem.”
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Recorded in: To a Mountain Daisy, st. 1 (1786)
“Stern Ruin's plowshare drives elate, Full on thy bloom.”
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Recorded in: To a Mountain Daisy, st. 9 (1786)
“O thou! whatever title suit thee, Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie.”
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Recorded in: Address to the Deil (1786)
“Freedom and Whisky gang thegither.”
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Recorded in: The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer, l. 185 (1786)
“Perhaps it may turn out a sang: Perhaps turn out a sermon.”
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Recorded in: Epistle to a Young Friend, st. 1 (1786)
“I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!”
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Recorded in: Epistle to a Young Friend, st. 6 (1786)
“An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended!”
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Recorded in: Epistle to a Young Friend, st. 9 (1786)
“What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.”
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Recorded in: Address to the Unco Guid, st. 8 (1786)
“O Life! how pleasant is thy morning, Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning! Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, We frisk away, Like schoolboys at th' expected warning, To joy and play.”
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Recorded in: Epistle to James Smith, st. 15 (1786)
“O life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I!”
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Recorded in: Despondency, l. 4 (1786)
“Here, some are thinkin' on their sins, An' some upo' their claes.”
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Recorded in: The Holy Fair, st. 10 (1786)
“Leeze me on drink! it gi'es us mair Than either school or college.”
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Recorded in: The Holy Fair, st. 19 (1786)
“There's some are fou o' love divine; There's some are fou o' brandy.”
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Recorded in: The Holy Fair, st. 27 (1786)
“Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, My barmie noddle's working prime.”
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Recorded in: To J. S[mith], st. 4 (1786)
“Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash; Some rhyme (vain thought!) for needfu' cash; Some rhyme to court the countra clash, An' raise a din; For me, an aim I never fash; I rhyme for fun.”
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Recorded in: To J. S[mith], st. 5 (1786)
“An' fareweel dear, deluding woman, The joy of joys!”
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Recorded in: To J. S[mith], st. 14 (1786)
“Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent amang the lasses, O.”
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Recorded in: Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 1 (1787)
“There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life o' man, An 'twerna for the lasses, O.”
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Recorded in: Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 2 (1787)
“Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O.”
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Recorded in: Green Grow the Rashes, O, st. 6 (1787)
“Green grow the rashes, O; Green grow the rashes, O; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend Are spent among the lasses, O.”
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Recorded in: Green Grow the Rashes, O, chorus (1787)
“Some books are lies frae end to end.”
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Recorded in: Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)
“I was na fou, but just had plenty.”
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Recorded in: Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 3 (1787)
“Some wee short hours ayont the twal.”
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Recorded in: Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 31 (1787)
“John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all.”
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Recorded in: John Barleycorn, st. 3 (1787)
“The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.”
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Recorded in: A Winter Night (1787)
“Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve,—how exquisite the bliss!”
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Recorded in: A Winter Night (1787)
“Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race! Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy o' a grace As lang's my arm.”
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Recorded in: To a Haggis (1787)
“Ye high, exalted, virtuous dames, Tied up in godly laces, Before ye gie poor Frailty names, Suppose a change o' cases: A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, A treach'rous inclination— But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins nae temptation. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human.”
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Recorded in: Address to the Unco Guid, sts. 6–7 (1787)
“If naebody care for me, I'll care for naebody.”
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Recorded in: I Hae a Wife o' my Ain (1788)
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' auld lang syne?”
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Recorded in: Auld Lang Syne, st. 1 (1788)