Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Robert Burns Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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

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

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.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn...

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn...

When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because...

When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because...

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment...

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment...