--- title: "9 Honest man Quotes By Robert Burns" description: "9 Honest man quotes by Robert Burns. Plus more from Robert Burns and more Honest man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png" --- > [The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-king-o-men-for-a-that/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png) > [All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/all-my-fears-and-cares-are-of-this-world-if-there-is-another-an/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/robert-burns-1511_care_all-my-fears-and-cares-are-of-this-world_778952.png) > [The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/the-social-friendly-honest-man-whate-er-he-be-tis-he-fulfils-great/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/robert-burns-1511_great-saying-by-grea_the-social-friendly-honest-man-whate-er_2398915.png) > [A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might: Guid faith,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/a-prince-can-mak-a-belted-knight-a-marquis-duke-and-a-that-but-an/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/robert-burns-1511_dukes_a-prince-can-mak-a-belted-knight-a-marqu_978058.png) > [From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/from-scenes-like-these-old-scotia-s-grandeur-springs-that-makes-her/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/robert-burns-1511_breaths_from-scenes-like-these-old-scotia-s-gran_2511272.png) > [For thus the royal mandate ran, When first the human race began, "The social, friendly honest man, Whate'er he be, Tis he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/for-thus-the-royal-mandate-ran-when-first-the-human-race-began-the/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/robert-burns-1511_firsts_for-thus-the-royal-mandate-ran-when-firs_1808814.png) > [An honest man here lies at rest, the friend of man the friend of truth the friend of age and guide of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/an-honest-man-here-lies-at-rest-the-friend-of-man-the-friend-of-truth/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/robert-burns-1511_age_an-honest-man-here-lies-at-rest-the-frie_3054504.jpg) > [A man's a man for a' that. . . . . A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/a-man-s-a-man-for-a-that-a-prince-can-mak-a-belted-knight-a-marquis/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/robert-burns-1511_bears_a-man-s-a-man-for-a-that-a-prince-can-ma_935026.jpg) > [“Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-his-head-an-a-that-the-coward/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/robert-burns-1511_brotherhood_is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-h_1368759.png) ## Other authors on Honest man ## More by Robert Burns > [Some wee short hour ayont the twal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/some-wee-short-hour-ayont-the-twal/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/the-snowdrop-and-primrose-our-woodlands-adorn-and-violets-bathe-in/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Oh my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/oh-my-luve-s-like-a-red-red-rose-that-s-newly-sprung-in-june-oh-my/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/again-rejoicing-nature-sees-her-robe-assume-its-vernal-hues-her-leafy/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Gin a body meet a body Coming thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body— Need a body cry?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/gin-a-body-meet-a-body-coming-thro-the-rye-gin-a-body-kiss-a-body/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [“O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/o-wad-some-power-the-giftie-gie-us-to-see-oursels-as-ithers-see-us/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/liberty-s-in-every-blow-let-us-do-or-die/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Dare to be honest and fear no labor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/dare-to-be-honest-and-fear-no-labor/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/look-abroad-through-nature-s-range-nature-s-mighty-law-is-change/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [ “All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn, Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn." \[ Brigs of Ayr \]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/all-cheering-plenty-with-her-flowing-horn-led-yellow-autumn-wreath-d/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [To make three guineas do the work of five.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/to-make-three-guineas-do-the-work-of-five/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Some books are lies frae end to end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/some-books-are-lies-frae-end-to-end/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/who-made-the-heart-tis-he-alone-decidedly-can-try-us/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [Nursing her wrath to keep it warm.--Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/nursing-her-wrath-to-keep-it-warm-robert-burns/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) > [It is cruelty to be humane to rebels, and humanity is cruelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/it-is-cruelty-to-be-humane-to-rebels-and-humanity-is-cruelty/) [Robert Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burns/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-man/robert-burns/#itemlist", "name": "9 Honest man Quotes By Robert Burns", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Burns" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-king-o-men-for-a-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that!” — Robert Burns", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All my fears and cares are of this world; 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A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that! . . . Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. 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Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Wha struts, an' stares, an' a' that; Tho' hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that: For a' that, an' a' that, His ribband, star, an' a' that: The man o' independent mind He looks an' laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, an' a' that; But an honest man's abon his might, Gude faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a' that, an' a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That Man to Man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a' that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Burns" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burns/is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-his-head-an-a-that-the-coward/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/robert-burns-1511_brotherhood_is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-h_1368759.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/robert-burns-1511_brotherhood_is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-h_1368759.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/robert-burns-1511_brotherhood_is-there-for-honest-poverty-that-hings-h_1368759.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be…” — Robert Burns", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-man/robert-burns/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-man/robert-burns/", "name": "Honest man Quotes by Robert Burns", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-man/robert-burns/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/robert-burns-1511_honest_the-honest-man-though-e-er-sae-poor-is-k_1205158.png" }, "description": "9 Honest man quotes by Robert Burns. 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