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

Quote by Robert Burns

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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

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

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

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

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!

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

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...

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.

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

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

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

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

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...

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...

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.

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.

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune...

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune...

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather,...

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather,...