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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 --...

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!

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Suspense is worst than disappointment

Suspense is worst than disappointment

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we...

Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...