The great Creator to revere Must sure become the creature; But still the preaching cant forbear, And ev'n the rigid feature: Yet ne'er with wits profane to range Be complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchange For deity offended.
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. - Robert Burns
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy.
- Robert Burns
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even c… - Robert Burns
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quacks of State must each produce his plan, And even c…
Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire. - Robert Burns
Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.
Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won't accept your thanks for murder. - Robert Burns
Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won't accept your thanks for murder.
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing. - Robert Burns
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us! - Robert Burns
Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!
A women can make an average man great, and a great man average. - Robert Burns
A women can make an average man great, and a great man average.
Now's the day and now's the hour. - Robert Burns
Now's the day and now's the hour.
To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither! - Robert Burns
To see her is to love her, And love but her forever; For nature made her what she is, And never made anither!
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