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

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Robert Burns Quotes

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.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

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...

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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.

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

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

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

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.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

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

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...

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 --...

The hardest mile I ever walked was the one away from you...

The hardest mile I ever walked was the one away from you...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break...

He who does not love does not know God; for God is love

He who does not love does not know God; for God is love