Robert Burns Quotes

Inspirational quotes by Robert Burns

O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us.

I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission.

If there is another world, he lives in bliss. If there is none, he made the best of this.

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Silvia
by Don Marquis

I still remember how she moved
Among the rathe, wild blooms she loved,
(When Spring came tip-toe down the slopes,
Atremble ‘twixt her doubts and hopes,
Half fearful and all virginal)-
How Silvia sought this dell to call
Her flowers into full festival,
And chid them with this madrigal:
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