Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.

Quote by Robert Burns

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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...

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

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

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

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

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 --...

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

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

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

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.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

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...

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...

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

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.

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.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.

Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.