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Age of Enlightenment9 quotes
The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy. — Robert Burns · 1785Nae man can tether time or tide. — Robert Burns · 1791Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764O Life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I! — Robert Burns · 1786O Life! how pleasant in thy morning,
Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning!
Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning,
We frisk away,
Like school-boys at th' expected warning,
To joy and play. — Robert Burns · 1786But to see her, was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever. — Robert Burns · 1791All 9 quotes →