Robert Burns1759–1796The quotations of
Robert Burns
Scottish poet and lyricist
1759–1796
24 quotes, most often on Character, Friendship and God.
- Man was Made to Mourn, st. 7 (1786)
What’s done we partly may compute,
But know not what’s resisted.Address to the Unco Guid, st. 8 (1786)- Tam o’ Shanter (1790), Line 67In context
- Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)
- A Winter Night (1787)
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.Tam o’ Shanter (1790), Line 57In context- Epistle to a Young Friend, st. 9 (1786)
- Johnson’s The Scots Musical Museum (1787–1796)
The rank is but the guinea’s stamp,
The man’s the gowd for a’ that.A Man’s a Man for A’ That, st. 1 (1795)In contextThere’s some are fou o’ love divine;
There’s some are fou o’ brandy.The Holy Fair, st. 27 (1786)Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure
Thrill the deepest notes of woe.Johnson’s The Scots Musical Museum (1787–1796)God knows, I’m no the thing I should be,
Nor am I even the thing I could be.Posthumous Pieces (1799)- A Red, Red Rose (1794)In context
- To a Mouse (1786)In context
- To a Mouse (1786)In context
