I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Robert Burns Quotes

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.

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...

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

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

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

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...

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

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

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

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

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

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

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...

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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!