Robert Burns Quotes

Recognized as one of the greatest Scottish writers of all time, Robert Burns had a great deal to say... Here are a few quotes from Robert Burns.

• "Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!"
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• "Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet, To think how mony consels sweet, How mony lengthened, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises."
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• "And may you better reck the rede, than ever did th' adviser."
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• "And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation."
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• "Dare to be honest and fear no labor."
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• "Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve."
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• "His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar."
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• "Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die."
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• "Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!"
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• "Nae man can tether time or tide."
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• "Nursing her wrath to keep it warm."
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• "Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root."
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• "Suspense is worse than disappointment."
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• "The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air."
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• "The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn."
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• "The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend."
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• "There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing."
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• "To liken them to your auld-warld squad, I must needs say comparisons are odd."
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• "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 children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, The Rights of Woman merit some attention."
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