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Robert Burns
173 quotes
“Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives elate Full on thy bloom.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh whistle, and I 'll come to ye, my lad.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne?”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To make a happy fireside clime To weans and wife,-- That 's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll prent it.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My heart 's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart 's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to victory! Now 's the day and now 's the hour; See the front o' battle lour.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Liberty 's in every blow! Let us do or die.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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 (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or, like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white, then melts forever.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Inspiring, bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For Nature made her what she is, And never made anither!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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?”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man 's aboon his might, Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,--Jessy!”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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, And adieu for evermore.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source