Robert Burns, (1759 1796) Scottish poet Quotes
Critics! Those cutthroat bandits in the paths of fame.
Nature's mighty law is change.
Suspense is worse than disappointment.
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
Prudent, cautious self-control
Is wisdom's root.
Prudent, cautious self-controlIs wisdom's root.
Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.
Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
from the poem
The Cotter’s Saturday Night.
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever!A farewell, and then forever!Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves him?Me, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me.
- Ae Fond Kiss.
The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creature;But still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid feature:Yet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extended;An atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.
- Epistle to a Young Friend, An.