All Robert Burns Quotes
- Here's to us, who's like us Damn few, and they're all dead. All
- Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain. Inspirational
- All my fears and cares are of this world; if there is another, an honest man has nothing to fear from it. All
- Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven. Astray
- If there 's a hole in a' your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chiel 's amang ye takin' notes, And, faith, he 'll… Amang
- I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission. Commission
- O, my luve is like a red, red rose. Love
- Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses,… Auld
- 'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy! Aught
- And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. Fled
- Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and… Bane
- Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed. Bloom
- Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe. Chords
- A eunuch is a man who has had his work cut out for him. Cut
- The upright, honest-hearted man Who strives to do the best he can, Need never fear the church's ban Or hell's damnation. Ban
- Ambition is a meteor-gleam; Fame a restless airy dream; Pleasures, insects on the wing Round Peace, th' tend rest flow'r of spring. Airy
- Now's the day and now's the hour. Day
- When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare. Bare
- Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited… Appears
- And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray, Implore… Alway