The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Robert Burns Quotes

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.