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Robert Burns
173 quotes
“The halesome parritch, chief o Scotia's food.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The sire turns o'er, wi patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God" he says, with solemn air.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The fear o' hell 's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And may you better reck the rede, Than ever did the adviser!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A gaudy dress and gentle air May slightly touch the heart; But it's innocence and modesty that polished the dart.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1773 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [My] Handsome Nell (1773), st. 6
“Oh, my Luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O, my Luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contented wi' little and cantie wi' mair.”
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“Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care! Thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn! Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Banks o' Doon, sts. 1–2 (1792)
“But my fause luver staw my rose, And left the thorn wi' me.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Banks o' Doon, st. 6 (1792)
“Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ae fond kiss, and then we sever; Ae farewell, alas, forever!”
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“But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met—or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.”
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“It was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand.”
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“Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.”
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“He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore; And gae his bridle reins a shake, With adieu forevermore, My dear— And adieu forevermore!”
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“John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw, But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson, my jo!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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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“Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North; The birth-place of valour, the country of worth.”
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“Where sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.”
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“Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet To think how monie counsels sweet, How monie lengthened, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises!”
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“The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious.”
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“The landlord's laugh was ready chorus.”
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“His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony: Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither— They had been fou for weeks thegither.”
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“Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.”
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“But pleasures are like poppies spread— You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river— A moment white—then melts forever.”
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“Nae man can tether time or tide.”
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“That hour, o' night's black arch the keystane.”
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“Inspiring bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil!”
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“As Tammie glow'red, amazed, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.”
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“Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tam tint his reason a' thegither, And roars out — "Weel done, Cutty-sark!”
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“Ah, Tam! Ah! Tam! Thou'll get thy fairin! In hell they'll roast you like a herrin!”
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“For a' that, and a' that An' twice as muckle 's a' that, I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', I've wife eneugh for a' that.”
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“I once was a maid, tho' I cannot tell when, And still my delight is in proper young men.”
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“Partly wi' o'ercome sae sair, And partly she was drunk.”
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“A fig for those by law protected! 's a glorious feast! Courts for cowards were erected, Churches built to please the .”
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“Life is all a , We regard not how it goes; Let them cant about , Who have characters to lose.”
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“God knows, I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be.”
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“If there's another world, he lives in bliss; If there is none, he made the best of this.”
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“In durance vile here must I wake and weep, And all my frowsy couch in sorrow steep.”
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“It's guid to be merry and wise, It's guid to be honest and true, It's guid to support Caledonia's cause And bide by the buff and the blue.”
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“Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that, an' a' that, His ribband, star, an' a' that: The man o' independent mind He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Gude faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. 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.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) first seen 1795 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Man's A Man For A' That, sts. 3-5 (1795)
“Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For a' that, and a' that, And twice as muckle 's a' that.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Showed him the gentleman and scholar.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And there began a lang digression About the lords o' the creation.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source