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

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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...

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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!

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.

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

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