O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works, yet thou hast never left me nor forsaken me.


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ROBERT BURNS
Prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root
ROBERT BURNS
But human bodies are sic fools, For a' their colleges and schools, That when nae real ills perplex t...
ROBERT BURNS
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to h...
ROBERT BURNS
The best plans of men and mice often go awry
ROBERT BURNS
Ye hypocrites! are these your pranks? To Murder men, and give God thanks? Desist for same! proceed n...
ROBERT BURNS
The best laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For pr...
ROBERT BURNS
Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn
ROBERT BURNS
The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.
ROBERT BURNS
There was three Kings into the east, / Three kings both great and high, / And they hae sworn a solem...
ROBERT BURNS
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.
ROBERT BURNS
This group definitely has something that's unique, you're not gonna find something like this anywher...
ROBERT BURNS
I think if we had a skate park we'd be a lot more safer then just going out on the streets and skate...
ROBERT BURNS
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free.
ROBERT BURNS
Public opinion would have gone against us had we continued.
ROBERT BURNS
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat...
ROBERT BURNS
The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,
Gang aft agley.
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' ...
ROBERT BURNS
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.
ROBERT BURNS
Gin a body meet a body
Coming thro' the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body—
Need a body c...
ROBERT BURNS
In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.
ROBERT BURNS
A lot of this depends on us getting the land and the funding from the Legislature, ... We're talking...
ROBERT BURNS
It works like this ,
ROBERT BURNS
"Stop thief," Dame Nature cried to Death As Willy drew his latest breath, "How shall I make a fool a...
ROBERT BURNS
Fain would I hide what I fear to discover
ROBERT BURNS
It's really addictive. Personally, it's the highlight of my week to be able to play with some talent...
ROBERT BURNS
All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear fro...
ROBERT BURNS
They've come to realize how much it can hurt them to withhold information. I think they're starting ...
ROBERT BURNS
It's amazing how fast you can get up over the calorie limit, especially when you're on the road or e...
ROBERT BURNS
My brother knew this young lady. They went to high school together. It's not like they met one anoth...
ROBERT BURNS
I think that he believed there was some extramarital thing going on.
ROBERT BURNS
We labour soon, we labour late, / To feed the titled knave, man; / And a' the comfort we're to get /...
ROBERT BURNS
The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my Dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my ...
ROBERT BURNS
To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life
ROBERT BURNS
I winna blaw about mysel, as ill I like my faults to tell
ROBERT BURNS
This is the first data being collected anywhere in the country under a new national air quality moni...
ROBERT BURNS
This website is not your usual read-some-copy, look-at-some-pictures travel site,
ROBERT BURNS
The fact that you can experience the desert, snow, mountains and ocean in the course of a day has al...
ROBERT BURNS
While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings; While quack...
ROBERT BURNS
What signifies the life o' man, An' 'twere na for the lasses O
ROBERT BURNS
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, and be each critic the good-natured man
ROBERT BURNS
Auld nature swears, the lovely dears / Her noblest work she classes O; / Her prentice han' she tried...
ROBERT BURNS
Gi'e me a spark o' Nature's fire that's a' the learning I desire.
ROBERT BURNS
The appellation of a Scottish Bard is by far my highest pride; to continue to deserve it is my most ...
ROBERT BURNS
My heart is sair-I dare na tell,
My heart is sair for Somebody.
ROBERT BURNS
Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
ROBERT BURNS
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to h...
ROBERT BURNS
Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had nev...
ROBERT BURNS "AE FOND KISS"
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, y...
GEORGE BURNS