Quotes by Robert Burns

“The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.”

“But deep this truth impress'd my mind: Thro' all His works abroad,The heart benevolent and kindThe most resembles God.”

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.”

“My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. How fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in love am I; And I will love thee ...”

“Some hae meat and canna eat,And some wad eat that want it,But we hae meat and we can eat,And sae the Lord be thankit.”

“Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,O, what a panic's in thy breastie! ”

“Flow gently, sweet Afton,amang thy green braes,Flow gently, I'll sing theea song in thy praise;My Mary's asleepby thy murmuring stream,Flow gently, sweet Afton,disturb not her dream.Thou stock dove...”

“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 fus...”

“Gin a body meet a bodyComing thro' the rye,Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry?”

“My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;A-chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.”

“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley.An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, For promis'”

“Critics! Appalled I ventured on the name.Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.”

“A fig for those by law protected!Liberty's a glorious feast!Courts for cowards were erected,Churches built to please the priest!”

“My heart is sair-I dare na tell,My heart is sair for Somebody.”

“Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an' a' that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, an' a' that. Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank i...”

“O, wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us!It wad frae monie a blunder free us,An' foolish notion.”

“What makes the hero truly greatis never, never to despair.”

“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.”

“I found that old Solomon proved it fair, That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care.”

“All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding ”