Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Quote by Robert Burns

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

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.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

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 --...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

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

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

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound...

Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound...

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.