Quotes from burns robert

Freedom and Whisky gang thegither!

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.

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy.

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met -- or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.

Oh, my Luve is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O, my Luve is like the melodie, That's sweetly played in tune.

To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.

There's nought but care on ev'ry han', In every hour that passes, O: What signifies the life o' man, An 'twerna for the lasses, O.

Some books are lies frae end to end.

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

When Nature her great masterpiece designed, And framed her last, best work, the human mind, Her eye intent on all the wondrous plan, She formed of various stuff the various Man.

The heart benevolent and kind The most resembles God.

Her lips are like the cherries ripe That sunny walls from Boreas screen. They tempt the taste and charm the sight.

But facts are chiels that winna ding, and downa be disputed.

Nae man can tether time or tide.

Anticipation forward points the view.