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Robert Burns12 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 · 1785Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne? — Robert Burns · 1796But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed,
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever. — Robert Burns · 1791Nae man can tether time or tide. — Robert Burns · 1791Beauty's of a fading nature,
Has a season, and is gone! — Robert Burns · 1764Man's inhumanity to man,
Makes countless thousands mourn! — Robert Burns · 1784All 12 quotes →