The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Robert Burns Quotes

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...

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

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.

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!

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...

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...

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 --...

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

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

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...

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

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...

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

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.

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...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

With all deference to Chairman Mao and other authors whose quotations derive from longer works,...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...

For men are prone to go it blind along the calf-paths of the mind To...